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THE  JUVENILE  INSTRUCTOR,  Vol.  62,  No.  7 

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CONTENTS  FOR  JULY,  1927 

A    Delig-htf ul    Trail    Frontispiece         " 

The  Cover   Picture   361 

The  Greatest  Flag  of  All   (Poem) ! 

Emily     Borgeson     Brown  361 

Consecration  to  Purpose .  President  Anthony  W.   Ivins  363 
Joseph   Smith,  his  Country  and  his  God  (Illustrated) 

Susa  Young  (5ates  365 

Wellsville    Sunday   School    Officers  and  Teachers 371 

Shall    your    Boy    Fight    or    Sprint  ? 

Rev.    William    Forbush  372 

True    Pioneer    Stories — Duncan    M.    McAllister 

Harold    H.    Jensen  374 

Pioneer   Reminiscences    Harold   L.    Snow  376 

Editoral   Thoughts — Pioneer    Day 378 

Signs  of  the  Times J.  M.    Sjodahl  380 


Sunday    School   Work    383 

Officers  of  Greenville  Sunday  School,  South  Carolina.    386 

A    Glimpse    of    Long    Ago Leah    Brown  404 

Little   Talks   on   the  Gospel Lula   Greene  Richards  408 

The    Baptism    of    Samuel    Warner 

Minnie     Iverson    Hodapp  410 

Rubber     Stamp     Stories 413 

Panchito    and    Polly Olive    F.    Wooley    Burt  413 

The  Rainbow  and  the  Four  Winds ...  Princess  Atalie  414 

Boys    who    "Made    Good" John    F.    Cowan  41 S 

Ten-Year    Old    Thoughts    on    Independence    Day 

(Poem)     Estelle    Webb    Thomas  416 

The    Children's    Budget    Box 417 

Queen     Bee's     Crown     422 

The    Funny    Bone    424 


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The  Juvenile  Instructor  Cover  Picture 

Birth  of  the  Flag 

From  the  Original  Painting  by  Henry  Moder 

This  wonderful  portrayal  of  the  birth  of  our  flag  possesses  the  same  quick 
thrill  as  the  rendition  of  the  immortal  strains  of  "The  Star  Spangled  Banner" 
by  a  military  band. 

Its  color  harmony  strikes  the  chord  of  patriotism  that  swells  the  heart 
with  a  flood  of  emotion  for  a  country  worthy  of  unfailing  devotion  and 
pride. 

Down  through  the  years,  Betsy  Ross  has  occupied  a  place  of  high  regard 
and  in  his  inspired  painting,  Mr.  Hosier  has  made  her  the  central  figure  of 
attraction.  It  is  a  striking  picture,  with  faithful  depicting  of  the  characters, 
and  its  beautiful  coloring  particularly  enhanced  by  the  Red,  White  and  Blue.  ^ 

Mr.  Mosler  is  especially  noted  as  a  painter  of  historical  subjects.  His 
fidelity  to  detail  and  accuracy  of  characterization  have  won  him  a  notable 
position  in  the  world  of  recognized  art. 

The  Greatest  Flag  Of  All 

By  Emily  Borgeson  Brown 

One  hundred  fifty-one  years  she's  been  waving 
O'er  earth's  dearest,  fairest  land : 
Nations  from  tyranny  she  has  been  saving. 
Her  achievements  have  been  grand. 

"Symbol  of  liberty"  she  has  been  christened, 
"Banner  of  freedom"  she's  called; 
The  lands  of  cruel  monarchies  she's  loosened, 
The  tyrant's  colors  she's  hauled. 

Each  year  this  beautiful  emblem  grows  dearer 
As  through  life's  battle  we  go; 
Each  act  toward  brotherhood  brings  us  nearer 
To  the  flag  we  honor  so. 

Then  just  all  we  can  say  is  "Hip,  hip,  hurrah ! 
Hurrah  for  red,  white  and  blue! 
We'll  fight  for  justice,  and  sustain  the  right  law 
And  to  'Old  Glory'  be  true." 


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A  BEAUTIFUL,   TRAIli 
On  a  lower-level  rim  of  Zion  Canyon,  Utah,  overlookinsr  a  sheer  drop  of  3000  feet 


Vol.  62 


JULY,    1927 


No.  7 


Consecration  to  Purpose* 

By  President  Anthony  W.  Ivins 


While  sitting  here  this  evening,,  as 
I  studied  this  theme  upon  which  I  am 
to  speak  for  a  very  few  moments,  this 
thought  came  to  me :  There  cannot  be 
an  intelligent  consecration  to  a  purpose 
until  we  know  what  the  ultimate  at- 
tainment is  to  be.  There  must  be  an 
ideal,  a  standard  of  desire,  an  ultimate 
object  or  aim,  it  appears  to  me,  if  we 
are  in  the  fullest  sense  of  the  word  to 
be  consecrated  to  it. 

You  remember  that  the  Lord  told 
us  that  when  a  man  goes  to  build  a 
house  he  sits  down  and  counts  the 
cost;  he  wants  to  know  how  much 
it  is  going  to  cost  to  build  it,  he  wants 
to  know  something  of  the  plan  upon 
which  it  is  to  be  constructed.  And 
Christ  said  that  unless  we  do  this  we 
are  very  likely  to  find  ourselves  with 
the  foundation  laid  and  the  building 
not  constructed,  which  will  be  a  source 
of  vexation  to  us. 

This  lesson  applies  to  every  occu- 
pation of  life.  When  we  build  in- 
tdligently,  the  architect  makes  ]the 
plan  for  us,  he  gives  us  the  blueprints, 
he  knows  where  our  stone  and  brick 
are  to  be  laid,  he  knows  where  the 
doors  and  windows  are  to  be,  and  he 
brings  us  a  statement  of  the  probable 


*Address  delivered  at  Conference  of  the 
Deseret  Sunday  School  Union,  held  at 
the  Tabernacle,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
April   3,    1927. 


cost.     We   can  then   begin   carefully 
its  construction;  and  if  we  devotedly 
apply  ourselves  to  that  task,  we  ulti- 
mately see  the  building  furnished.  The 
ordinary  man  as  he  passes  along  the 
way,    sees    nothing    in   the    block   of 
granite  that  lies  upon  the  mountain- 
side ;  that  has  no  special  attraction  for 
hi'm.     But  the  sculptor,  the  artist,  the 
man  who  has  real  vision,  as  he  con- 
templates that  block  of  stone  sees  in  it 
a  beautiful  thing;  he  sees  there  the 
image  of  a  child,  of  a  mother,  of  a 
great  man,  sees  it  in  its  perfected  state 
before  his  chisel  strikes  into  the  rock. 
And  he  works  happily,  cheerfully,  not- 
ing every  day  the  result  of  every  chisel 
mark,  until   finally  he  stands  in  awe 
before  that  which  his  own  hands  have 
wrought.     The  farmer  who  plants  in 
the  field  sees  beyond  the  plowing  and 
sowing;   he   looks   forward,    and   in 
vision  sees  the  yellow  harvest,  which 
he     knows     he     shall:    garner    and 
from  which  he  and  his  wife  and  chil- 
dren   will    receive   the    comforts   and 
necessities  of  life.     This  illustrates  to 
my  mind,  my  brethren  and  sisters,  that 
which  applies  to  every  effort  and  ac- 
tivity of  life,  be  it  great  or  small,  be 
it  devotion  to  the  temporal  thing  of 
life  with  which  we  have  to  do  from  one 
day  to  another,  or  with  those  more 
important   and   higher   ideals    of   life 
which  carry  us  in  vision  into  the  future 
and  paint  to  us  the  existence  of  good 


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July  1927 


men  and  women  there.  Be  it  great  or 
be  it  small,  this  principle  of  dedication 
or  devotion  to  the  task  which  we  have 
in  hand  is  equally  applicable.  It  is 
a  lesson  that  it  is  not  easy  for  all  of 
us  to  learn.  That  which  comes  indis- 
criminately, that  which  comes  without 
thought,  that  which  comes  without  or- 
der, that  which  comes  without  devotion 
to  the  plan  or  idea  that  is  being  worked 
out  is  never  satisfactory.  It  cannot  be. 
When  a  great  battleship  is  built,  before 
the  keel  is  laid  the  architect  and  the 
builder  know  every  detail  of  thait  mar- 
vel of  modern  mechanism;  they  know 
where  every  plate  is  to  go,  every  tim- 
ber, where  every  piece  of  machinery 
is  ito  be  set.  What  a  beautiful  idea 
it  is,  and  how  important  is  its  ap- 
plication ! 

-  In  nothing  that  I  icould  conceive 
while  sitting  here  and  listening  to  these 
beautiful  proceedings,  is  this  thought 
more  forcibly,  more  impressively  illus- 
trated than  in  the  life  and  work  and 
character  of  the  Redeemer  of  the 
world..  He  knew  before  he  came  to 
earth  the  plan  which  he  was  to  carry 
into  effect ;  he  knew  the  suffering  that 
would  come  to  him ;  he  knew  the  sacri- 
fice that  would  be  necessary ;  he  knew 
the  pain,  the  sorrow  for  the  sins  of 
the  world  that  must  be  His ;  he  knew 
that  His  life  was  the  penalty  which  He 
must  pay  for  the  prize  which  He  saw 
before  Him.  And  knowing  it  all  He 
came  willingly;  notwithstanding  the 
sacrifice,   came  to  reveal  to  us.     All 


this  talk  about  the  personality  of  God, 
who  He  is,  and  what  He  is,  is  illus- 
trated in  the  ministry  of  Christ  our 
Lord.  That  was  the  very  purpose  of 
His  coming,  that  God  our  Father 
might  be  revealed  to  us  in  the  person 
of  his  only  begotten  Son.  *  All  we 
need  do  is  look  at  the  Redeemer  of 
the  world  to  know  how  God  looks; 
for  he  said  that  he  was  the  exact 
image  of  His  person.  All  we  need  to 
do  to  get  the  proper  conception  of  the 
character  of  God  our  Father  is  to 
study  carefully  those  divine  ideals 
which  Christ  taught  and  which  he  in- 
corporated in  his  life;  for  he  did  the 
things  that  the  Father  had  sent  Him 
to  do,  and  nothing  more.  Finally, 
when  (the  great  hour  came,  notwith- 
sanding  the  fact  that  He  shrank  from 
it,  He  said,  "Not  my  will,  O  Lord,  but 
thine  be  done." 

Can  we  make  this  our  example  in 
life,  my  brethren  and  sisters  ?  I  thought 
how  it  was  illustrated  in  this  great 
gathering  here,  the  orderly  manner  in 
which  this  program  has  been  arranged, 
the  manner  in  which  it  has  been  render- 
ed— it  all  illustrates  this  thought  of 
mine,  the  architect  knew,  the  actor 
knew;  the  ideal  was  before  him,  the 
definite  purpose  to  be  accomplished,  is 
illustrated  ais  the  program  passes. 

God  bless  you,  my  brethren  and  sis- 
ters, this  great  institution,  the  men  who 
preside  over  it,  and  all  who  are  asso- 
ciated with  it,  I  humbly  pray,  through 
Jesus  Christ.     Amen. 


The  Little  Things  of  Life 


Little  words  are  the  sweetest  to  hear  ; 
little  charities  fly  farthest  and  stay 
longest  on  the  wing;  little  flakes  are 
stillest ;  little  hearts  are  the  fullest,  and 
little  farms  are  the  best  tilled.  Little 
books  are  read  the  most  and  little  songs 
the  dearest  loved.  And  when  nature 
would  make  anything  especially  rare 
and  beautiful,  she  makes  it  little — little 
pearls,    little    diamonds,    little    dews. 


Agar's  is  a  model  prayer,  but  then  it  is 
a  little  one,  and  the  burden  of  the  peti- 
tion is  but  for  little.  The  Sermon  on 
the  Mount  was  little,  but  the  last  dedi- 
cation was  but  an  hour  long.  Life  is 
made  up  of  littles;  death  is  what  re- 
mains of  them  all.  Day  is  made  up  of 
little  beams,  and  night  is  glorious  with 
little  stars. — Selected. 


Joseph  Smith,  his  Country  and  his  God 


By  Susa  Young  Gates 


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No  family  in  this  Church  better  ex- 
emplifies the  Golden  Rule,  "do  unto 
others  as  you  would  have  others  do 
unto   you,"  than   the   descendents   of 


FATHER   JOH]V    SMITH 
First  IJtali  Patriarch  of  the  Church 

that  loyal,  patriotic,  yet  kindly  and 
sympathetic  "Father  in  Israel,"  Utah's 
pioneer  Church  Patriarch,  John  Smith. 
Joseph  Smith,  Senior's,  fifth  broth- 
er, John,  not  only  accepted  the  Gospel, 
but  lived  to  cross  the  plains  and 
made  loyal  and  constructive  history  in 
the  Church  for  twenty-five  years  as 
patriarch  and  pioneer.  He  was  born 
16  July,  1781,  and  died  in  St.  Louis 
23     May,     1854.       He     was     called 


"Father  Smith"  by  a  whole  people  who 
loved  and  honored  him.  He  was  or- 
dained a  Patriarch  by  the  Prophet 
Joseph  Smith  in  1S44,  and  in  1849,  he 
was  appointed  as  Church  Patriarch  by 
President  Brigham  Young. 

"Father"  John  Smith  was  the  father 
of  President  George  A.  Smith,  John 
L.  Smith  and  Caroline  Callister;  the 
grandfather  of  President  John  Henry 
Smith,  and  the  great-grandfather  of 
our  present  Apostle,  George  Albert 
^  Smith.  The  posterity  of  this  faithful 
uncle  of  the  Prophet  Joseph  are  nu- 
merous and  many  of  them  have  dis- 
tinguished themselves  both  as  leaders 
m  the  Church  and  as  loyal  patriots 
m  war  times  both  in  the  remote  and 
the  near  past  periods. 

Of  the  descendents  of  "Father" 
John  Smith,  the  church  and  the  nation 
has  been  served  by  numerous  illustri- 
ous examples. 


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July  igi? 


President  George  A.  Smith,  (who 
was  the  son  of  "Father"  and  Church 
Patriarch  John  Smith,  was  an  apostle, 
and  Church  Historian)  and  a  Coun- 
selor to  President  Brigham  Young.  He 
was  elected  Quartermaster  of  the  Nau- 
voo  Legion  September  17,  1844,  just 
after  the  martyrdom  of  his  cousins  Jo- 
seph and  Hyrum.  Coming  out  to  Utah 
in  1847,  he  was  drafted  into  civil  and 
ecclesiastical  service  at  once.  He  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  Senate  of  the 
provisional  State  of  Deseret  in  1849. 
He  led  a  company  of  picked  pioneers 
and  camped  on  the  site  of  P'arowan 
in  1851.  Immediately  after  choosing 
the  site,  the  men  went  out,  cutting  a 
road' of  six  miles  into  the  canyon,  fell- 
ing a  tree  from  which  was  cut  a  lib- 
erty pole  99  feet,  and  on  which  they 
raised  the  stars  and  stripes ;  under  this 
flag  they  dedicated  the  ground  for  the 
settlement  of  the  saints,  then  fired  off 
a  gallant  salute  to  the  starry  emblem  of 
civil  and  religious  liberty  which  floated 
out  above  their  heads.  George  A., 
then  only  thirty-four  years  of  age,  was 
made  a  member  of  the  Council  of  the 


JOHN   HENRY  SMITH 


GEORGE    ALBERT    SMITH 
Of  the  Council  of  the  Twelve 

Legislature,  postmaster  of  Iron  County 
and  Colonel  of  Cavalry  in  the  Iron 
Military  District,  and  later  he  was  put 
in  charge  of  all  the  militia  in  Southern 
Utah.  This  was  no  light  task  in  those 
restless  Indian  war  times. 

One  amusing  instance  is  related  of 
his  innocently  acquired  power  over 
the  Indian  tribes.  Young  as  he  was 
he  wore  a  wig  and  had  some  primi- 
tively crude  false  teeth.  At  one  time, 
when  out  with  his  troops  and  sur- 
rounded by  Indians,  Colonel  Smith  un- 
dertook his  morning  ablutions.  Pul- 
ling off  his  wig,  his  bald  and  shining 
head  alarmed  the  dusky  warriors  gath- 
ered around  him.  And  when  he  drew 
out  his  set  of  false  teeth,  the  Indians 
fled  in  abject  fear  of  such  a  powerful 
"medicine"  man.  No  doubt  they 
dreaded  to  behold  any  further  dismem- 
berment. 

In  1855,  he  was  elected  Historian 
and  General  Church  Recorder,  upon 
which  he  returned  to  the  city  and 
built  as  part  residence  and  part  office 


My  1927      JOSEPH  SMITH,  HIS  COUNTRY  AND  HIS  GOD 


$67 


EDITH  SMITH   STEWART 

the  famous  old  Historian's  office  which 
has  just  been  torn  .down.  He  accom- 
panied Apostle  John  Taylor  to  Wash- 
ington in  1856  as  a  delegate  to  Con- 
gress to  present  the  provisional  State 
Constitution  and  memorial  asking  for 
admittance  of  Utah,  or  Deseret,  as  a 
state  in  the  Union.  Before  leaving 
the  southern  counties,  he  had  given 
his  name,  St.  George,  to  the  tiny  set- 
tlement just  beginning  to  be  a  settle- 
ment in  the  extreme  south  end  of  the 
Territory.  He  died  September!,  18- 
75,  beloved  of  all  who  knew  him. 

President  George  A.  Smith's  son, 
John  Henry,  followed  closely  in  his 
father's  footsteps,  in  church  work  and 
responsibility,  in  missions,  and  in  civil 
capacity.  He  presided  over  missions, 
traveled  and  preached  the  Gospel  and 
gained  a  wide  circle  of  friends,  both 
within  and  without  the  Church,  for 
his  cloak  of  charity  was  ever-  open  to 
shield  the  storm-tossed  sinner  on  life's 
uncertain  seas. 

His  son,  Apostle  George  Albert 
Smith,  is  fourth  in  line  from  Patriarch 
John  Smith,  brother  of  Joseph  Smith 


Sr.  George  Albert  has  helped  to  make 
much  history  in  the  present  generation 
of  Church  leaders.  Gifted  with  pro- 
found love  of  nature  and  nature's  God 
as  expressed  in  mountain  and  stream, 
tree  and  flower,  in  animate  nature  and 
especially  in  his  fellow-men,  his  re- 
sponse to  his  country's  need  expresses' 
itself  in  all  legitmate  directions.  He 
stimulated  every  active  force  set  in 
operation  by  our  local,  state  and  gen- 
eral Government.  As  a  member  of  the 
State  Council  of  Defense,  he  assisted 
greatly  through  his  native  eloquence 
and  his  loyal  devotion  to  his  country 
in  putting  Utah  over  the  top  in  sub- 
scribing for  bonds  and  in  raising 
money  for  the  Red  Cross.  At  the 
close  of  the  war,  he  acted  as  Chairman 
for  the  Armenian  Relief  Committee.' 
His  family  were  as  devoted  in  their 
service  as  he  was  himself. 

George  Albert  IH,  the  twelve  year 
old  son  of  Apostle  George  Albert 
Smith,  at  this  war  time,  was  afflicted 
with  a  heart  murmur  that  threatened 
to  end  his  whole  future  physical  fit- 
ness if  not  life  itself.  But  the  boy 
could  not  be  restrained.     He  wrote  let- 


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ters  to  all  and  sundry  of  his  friends 
and  acquaintances  to  purchase  War 
Stamps,  and  succeeded  so  well  that  he 
was  on  the  honor  roll  of  his  Scout 
Company.  Moreover,  through  faith 
and  his  own  indomitable  courage,  he 
rose  up  as  his  years  increased  and 
entered  the  gymnasium,  finally  taking 
so  many  honor  medals  that  his  scout 
/coat  was  aglow  with  ribbon  and  pins, 
lof  all  kinds.  He  accompanied  his 
parents  to  Liverpool  in  1919,  where 
Apostle  Smith  was  sent  to  preside  over 
the  European  Mission.  When  General 
Pershing  was  given  a  reception  at  the 
Savoy  Hotel  in  London  by  the  Amer- 
ican Society,  Apostle  Smith  and 
George  A.  III.  were  in  attendance  at 
the  great  and  brilliant  event.  General 
Pershing  stopped  young  George  Al- 
bert, seing  him  with  his  scout  regalia, 
and  congratulated  him  on  his  boyish 
American  spirit  and  loyalty.  This  lad 
visited  all  the  countries  of  northern 
Europe  while  there,  and  through  an  in- 
terpreter, bore  his  own  youthful  yet 
stirring  testimony  of  the  divine  mission 
of  the  Savior  and  the  restoration  of 
His  Gospel  through  the  Prophet  Jo- 
seph Smith,  who  was  indeed  his  own 
'great-grand-uncle.  His  unusual  mes- 
sage vra^s  received  by  the  saints  often- 
times with  tears  of  gratitude  and  joy. 
It  is  of  interest  to  add  that  this  youth, 
now  "twenty  years  of  age,  left  June 
25th  of  this  year  to  go  to  Germany  and 
Switzerland  on  a  mission. 

President  George  A.  Smith's  line  of 
defense  was  not  confined  altogether 
to  the  male  side  of  the  house.  His 
own  daughter,  Mrs.  Clarissa  Smith 
Williams,  General  President  of  the  Re- 
lief Society  in  the  Church,  was  made 
chairman  of  the  Woman's  Branch  on 
the  State  Council  of  Defense  while 
her  son  joined  the  army.  It  was  fit- 
ting that  this  signal  honor  and  wide 
opportunity  for  loyal  service  should  be 
accorded  to  a  descendant  of  the  Joseph 
Smith  family  line.  And  Mrs.  Wil- 
liams measured  up  nobly  to  her  high 
position.     Among  the  many  lines  of 


GKORGi:   A.   WILLIAMS 

activity  directed  by  her  was  the  re- 
cruiting of  nurses  to  go  out  to  the 
various  training  camps.  Her  commit- 
tee collected  linen  and  supplies  for  the 
Red  Cross.  Under  her  direction  a 
complete  survey  of  the  nurses  and 
nursing  situation  was  made  during  the 
flu  epidemic  just  after  the  War.  She 
had  charge  of  two  classes  of  training 
for  surgical  dressing,  etc.  She  was  an 
active  member  of  the  Home  Service 
Committee  of  the  Red  Cross,  Salt  Lake 
County  Chapter,  and  she  met  and 
counseled  frequently  with  various 
branches  of  the  State  Council  of  De- 
fense. (A  full  page  portrait  of  Mrs. 
Williams  was  printed  in  the  Juvenile 
Instructor,  May,  1926.) 

Mrs.  Williams'  son,  George  Albert 
Williams,  was  born  June  26,  1894 
and  applied  for  admission  the  day  af- 
ter the  war  was  declared  to  the  First 
Officers  Training  Camp  while  attend- 
ing the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 
Lieutenant  Williams  was  stationed  at 
Fort  Niagara,  New  York;  Camp  Lee, 
Virginia;  Camp  Gordon,  Georgia; 
Camp  Mc Arthur,  Texas. 

In  September,  1918  he  commanded 


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369 


a  company  to  France  and  upon  ar- 
riving in  France  was  assigned  to  the 
49th  U.  S.  Infantry.  After  the  Arm- 
istice was  signed  he  supervised  the 
demolition  of  high  explosives  in  the 
Argonne  and  Lieutenant  Williams  was 
discharged  July  8,  1919. 

Not  alone  the  daughter  of  President 
George  A.  Smith  entered  the  service, 
but  his  granddaughter,  Emily  Smith 
(Stewart),  a  daughter  of  our  own 
present  apostle,  George  Albert  Smith, 
was  in  the  Volunteer  Nursing  Corpb 
at  Camp  Lewis.  Emily's  mother,  Lucy 
Woodruff  Smith,  wife  of  Apostle 
George  A.  Smith,  is  a  descendant  of 
Asahel  II,  brother  of  Joseph  Sr., 
through  her  mother,  Emily  J.  Smith- 
Woodruff,  who  was  a  daughter  of 
Judge  Elias  Smith,  son  of  Asahel  II. 
So  Emily  came  rightly  by  her  eager 
loyalty.  She  served  first  in  the  L. 
D.  S.  Hospital  unit  as  assistant  with 
surgical  work  for  Prisoners'  Camp  at 
Fort  Douglas,  1916-17.  Then  she  left 
for  Camp  Lewis  where  she  served  till 
the  close  of  the  war  period. 


WILLIS  J.  LYMAN 


HYBlCrM   SMITH   CARTWRIGHT 


Hyrum  S.  Cartwright,  grandson  of 
President  George  A.  Smith,  son  of 
Elizabeth  Smith  iCartwright  and  Hy- 
rum Cartwright  was  born  29  Novem- 
ber, 1898,  in  Salt  Lake  City.  He  was 
(when  war  was  declared)  a  student 
of  law  in  the  University  of  Chicago. 
As  a  body,  the  students  volunteered 
their  service  to  the  U.  S.,  January  6, 
1918.  Was  inducted  in  the  ordinance 
department.  Attended  ordinance  sup- 
ply school  for  six  weeks.  Was  sent 
to  Camp  Jackson,  Columbus,  So.  Car- 
olina, where  he  did  guard  duty  in  the 
camp.  March  1918  the  students  were 
divided  into  companies  and  sent  to 
Camp  Hancock,  Ga.  Attended  ma- 
chine gun  school  for  aviation  depart- 
ment and  led  his  class  in  efficiency. 
Was  one  of  two  to  receive  commis- 
sions. Sent  from  Camp  Hancock,  Ga., 
to  Camp  Rareton,  New  Jersey,  where 
he  received  his  commission  as  2nd 
Lieutenant.  Continued  training  in  ma- 
chine gun  school.  Two  days  before 
the  signing  of  the  armistice,  received 
order  to  get  his  equipment  ready  for 
overseas  duty.  Discharged  December 
26,  1918.    Arrived  in  Salt  Lake  Gity 


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July  igs^ 


24,  1918,  was  ordered  to  Camp  Mills, 
N.  Y.,  arriving  November  1,  1918. 
Waited  there  to  be  sent  overseas. 
After  the  signing  of  the  Armistice, 
ISTovember    11,    1918,   the    order   for 


December  31,  1918.  Remained  in  his 
home  town  three  months  then  returned 
to  the  University  of  Chicago  to  finish 
his  law  course. 

Then  there  were : 

William  A.  Keyser.  Bom  June  6, 
1898  at  Fillmore,  Utah. 

Willis  J.  Lyman.  Born  June  21, 
1891,  Ogden,  Utah. 

Alnm  Rich  Lyman.  Born  March  12, 
1898  at  Oak  Creek,  Utah.  Enlisted 
as  a  volunteer  April  17,  1917  at  Fort 
Douglas,  Utah.  Remained  there  one 
week  and  was  sent  to  Fort  Barney, 
California,  where  he  joined  Company 
1,  Coast  Artillery;  later  Company  15, 
San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Coast  Defense. 
Was  there  six  months  when  in  No- 
vember 1917  he  was  transferred  to 
Presidio  and  joined  Company  C,  62nd 
Infantry,  8  Division.  January  3,  1918 
received  heavy  marching  orders  ana 
marched  to  Camp  Fremont,  Cal.,  thirty 
miles;  was  made  Corporal  in  May, 
1918.       Served  one  month  on  Camp 


LLEWLLiYN    B.    LtOYD 

overseas  was  cancelled.  He  was  then 
sent  to  Camp  Lee,  Virginia.  Was 
reduced   from  Corporal,   December  2, 

1918.  Left   Camp   Lee   February   1, 

1919.  Sent  to  Fort  Funston,  Kansas, 
where  he  was  discharged  February  13, 
1919. 

Charles  S.  Merrill.  Born  April  27, 
1890  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  Enlist- 
ment Number  4584996.  Private  in 
the  4th  Company,  1st  Battalion,  164th 
D  B  U.  S.  Army.  Commander  A.  C. 
Jensen,  Major  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.  En- 
listed August  16,  1918,  at  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah.  Enlisted  in.  vocational 
training  school,  qualifying  as  radio 
sargeant.  Transferred  to  Fortress 
Monroe.  Virginia,  September  23,  1918' 
in  the  Coast  Atillery  Training  school 
under  Mai  or  E.  A.  Emery.  Discharg- 
ed November  15,  1918.  Camp  Funston, 
Fremont  Military  Police.  During  Feb-  Kansas.  Left  Camp  Funston  Decem- 
ruary,  1918,  received  a  furlough  to  visit  ber  20,  1918  as  final  discharge. 
his  home  during  July,  1918.    October         Llewllyn  B.  Lloyd.     Bom  January 


AliMA   RICH    LYMAN 


J^iy  im      JOSEPH  SMITH,  HIS  CO.  UNTRY  AND  HIS  GOD 


371 


7,  1896.  Accepted  as  a  soldier  in  the 
military  service  of  the  United  States 
under  the  Signature  of  Gordon  Snow 
(member  of  the  local  board  for  Di- 
vision No.  3)  on  Sept.  3,  1918.  Went 
to  Fort  Logan,  Colorado  on  Sept.  7th, 
1918  and  was  given  his  equipment  and 
uniforms.  He  was  assigned  to  the 
clerical  dept.,  Salt  Lake  City,  and 
continued  to  serve  until  after  the  ar- 
mistice was  signed  and  demobilization 
of  the  army.  Honorably  discharged 
at  Fort  Logan,  Colorado,  Feb  4th, 
1919. 

/.  John  Lyman  Smith,  Oakley, 
Idaho,  (a)  Five  minute  speaker  dur- 
ing World  War.  (b)  Marshall  ap- 
pointed by  government  against  the  I. 
W.  W.  (c)  Drafted  into  army  and 
held  for  special  service.  Great  grand- 
son. 

//  Joel  Peterson.  Private  362  regi- 
ment of   infantry.      Great   Grandson. 

///  Don    George   A.   Smith^gveat 


grandson. 


Served  in  infantry. 


IV  Don  Simth  Carter.  Great  grand- 
son. Private  of  Infantry.  Served  in 
France  during  whole  period  of  war. 

Grandsons  of  John  Lyman  Smith 
are: 

Don  Cleveland  Smith.  Bom  April 
1,  1897  at  Hayden  Idaho.  Left  Black- 
foot,  Idaho  August  20,  1918  for  Camp 
Fremont,  California.  September  30, 
1918  was  assigned  to  Company  K, 
62nd  Infantry.  November  1,  1918  lefi 
Camp  Fremont  for  Hoboken,  N.  Y. 
Located  at  Camp  Mills,  Long  Island, 
Navember  7,  1918.  Novemhser  25, 
1918  left  Camp  Mills  'on  boat.  Ar- 
rived at  Camp  Lee,  Virginia,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1918'.  Left  Camp  Lee  for 
Fort  Logan,  Colorado,  February  17, 
1919.  February  18,  1919  received  his 
discharge. 

Don  Smith  Carter.  Born  Mav  31, 
1892  at  St  George,  Utah. 

God  bless  and  preserve  the  Joseph 
Smith  family  lines  to  the  latest  gen- 
eration of  time  and  all  Eternity! 


OFFICERS  AND  TEACHERS,  L.  ».  S.  SUNDAY  SCHOOL,  WEI.LSVILLE   SECOND 

WARD,  HYRUM    STAKE 

Evan  H.  Bankbead,  Superintendent;  Oliver  S.  Bailey,  First  A«iHl»tant$ 
Edward   F.   Stuart,   Second  Assistant 


Shall  Your  Boy  Fight  or  Sprint? 

By  the  Rev,  Wliliam  Forhush,  Ph.  D^  Litt,  D.,  Media,  Penna. 


At  half  past  four  Tom  entered  the 
house  by  way  of  the  kitchen  door. 
His  air  was  unlike  his  usual  one  of 
conquering  hero.  He  did  not  approach 
whistling.  His  cap  was  missing  and 
his  hair  was  tousled.  His  right  ear 
was  bleeding  and  his  cheek  swollen. 
It  was  plain  that  he  was  trying  hard 
to  keep  from  crying.  He  was  m  a 
hurry  to  reach  his  room,  but  he  found 
time  to  make  the  cook  promise  that 
she  would  not  tell  mother.  When  he 
got  upstairs  he  buried  his  face  in  the 
pillow  on  his  bed.  After  a  few  mo- 
ments, during  which  his  shoulders 
were  violently  agitated,  he  drew  a  long 
sigh  and  fell  asleep.  An  hour  later 
he  washed  his  face,  ran  down  stairs, 
and  called  his  dog  and  when  supper 
was  ready  he  came  in  with  a  hearty 
appetite  and  an  air  of  peaceful  satis- 
faction. 

By  this  time,  mother  had  found  out 
and  father  had  been  informed  that 
Tom  had  been  fighting  again.  What 
ought  to  be  done  about  it? 

If  only  the  problem  of  boys'  fight- 
ing were  as  simple  as  it  seeems,  if  it 
'Could  be  solved,  for  instance,  by  quot- 
ing a  verse  of  scripture  or  citing  an 
example  of  international  arbitration, 
how  easy  it  would  be. 

A  blanket  policy  would  be  a  con- 
venience both  to  parent  and  child.  It 
has  been  tried.  "If  any  naughty  boy 
tries  to  make  you  fight,  run  right 
home  to  mother,"  is  the  usual  ma- 
ternal counsel.  The  difficulty  is  that 
the  road  home  to  mother  has  generally 
already  been  hedged  in  by  a  circle  of 
interfering  and  eager  spectators.  "If 
I  catch  you  fighting  on  the  street,  sir, 
I'll  give  you  another  licking  when 
you  get  home,  sir,"  is  typical  paternal 
warning.  This  leaves  a  pitiful  alter- 
native. If  the  boy  tries  to  obey  his 
father,  he  will  get  licked  once,  and  if 
he   disobeys   him,   he   will   be  licked 


twice.  Such  a  father  must  eventually 
decide  either  to  teach  his  son  how  to 
fight  or  to  run. 

Most  parents  probably  base  their  op- 
position to  their  boys  fighting  partly 
upon  scriptural  warning  against  anger 
and  concrete  memories  of  the  horrors 
of  war.  But  the  strange  fact  is  that 
much  schoolboy  fighting  does  not  par- 
ticularly involve  anger  and  is  hardly 
to  be  defined  as  warfare. 

I^  received  enlightenment  upon  this 
subject  when  I  began  to  teach  school. 
Among  the  generalizations  that  I  had 
predetermined  was  that  fights  would 
not  be  allowed  on  the  schoolground. 
This  rule  did  not  seem  difficult  to 
enforce.  After  the  two  contestants 
were  separated,  both  usually  appeared 
sheepishly  grateful.  Each  was  glad  to 
be  released  from  a  painful  obligation 
that  had  been  imposed  by  the  onlook- 
ers, rather  than  spontaneously  begun 
and  sustained.  After  all,  they  were 
fighting  because  they  had  nothing  else 
to  do.  The  playground  was  bare. 
After  a  subscription  had  been  taken  to 
buy  soft  boxing  gloves,  contests  en- 
sued  that  were  good  natured,  skillful, 
and  that  took  the  place  of  ungoverned, 
brutal  conflicts.  In  short,  quarreling 
turned  out  to  be  kind  of  a  game,  con- 
sisting partly  in  the  matching  of 
strengths  and  partly  in  a  test  of  will 
power  through  the  readiness  to  stand 
up  to  a  situation.  A  fight  involving 
a  new  pupil  was  a  rough  sort  of 
initiation,  to  try  out  his  stamina. 

A  similar  kind  of  contest  occurs 
when  a  girl  or  girls  are  present.  When 
Tom  saw  Mary  for  the  first  time,  his 
fond  wish  was  to  lick  somebody  for 
her.  This  is  not  to  be  confused  with 
those  chivalrous  contests  that  are  from 
the  school  bully.  With  him,  it  appears 
that  there  is  nothing  to  be  done  but 
to  down  him  by  force. 

There  are   fights  that  seem  to  be 


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irrepressible.  They  may  have  been 
rooted  in  the  smouldering  anger  of  old 
jealousies  or  aggressions.  They  may 
be  dumb  struggles  for  rights  or  jus- 
tice. In  such  cases  merely  to  interrupt 
the  fight  will  not  abolish  the  anger, 
but  it  may  encourage  even  more  un- 
desirable expressions  of  wrath.  The 
lad  may  become  underhanded,  weak, 
insinuating,  treacherous.  If  it  be 
known  that  a  boy  will  not  fight  under 
any  provocation,  he  is  left  the  victim 
of  anyone,  even  the  smallest  boy,  who 
can  take  time  to  give  him  a  passing 
blow.  It  is  difficult  to  see  how  a 
boy,  so  restricted,  can  retain  or  de- 
velope  his  self-respect,  courage,  or 
honor.  Pacifists  in  wartime  are  de- 
fended by  men  who  are  prepared  and 
willing  to  fight.  But  a  noncombatant 
school1)oy  is  utterly  defenseless,  the 
parent  who  rendered  him  so,  being  ab- 
sent when  he  needs  protection.  If  he 
cannot  fight,  he  must  sprint. 

The  following  seems  to  me  to  be  a 
reasonable  policy  for  a  parent  to  adopt 
and  maintain. 

1.  To  train  a  boy  to  enter  heartily, 
to  the  measure  of  his  strength  and 
tastes,  into  the  various  activities  of 
school  and  of  schoolboys. 

2.  To  teach  him  tO'  be  pleasant, 
fair,  and  friendly,  and  never  to  be 
a  bully  or  to  give  unnecessary  pro- 
vocation. 

3.  To  give  him  lessons  in  self  de- 
fense, explaining  that  they  are  a 
wholesome  physical  exercise,  and,  like 
his   overcoat,  a   protection   for   bitter 


weather.  Instruct  him  that  fighting 
is  a  last  resort,  to  be  taken  to  only 
in  the  protection  of  one  who  is  weaker 
or  to  save  the  sacrifice  of  something 
that  is  more  precious,  such  as  one's 
own  self  respect.  Advise  him  to  turn 
the  other  cheek,  to  turn  both  cheeks, 
but  not  to  turn  his  back.  Urge  him  to 
be  the  last  to  take  hold — and  to  let 
go.  Impress  that  it  is  wicked  to  be 
quarrelsome,  but  that  it  is  also  wicked 
to  be  weak. 

This  is  not  to  teach  a  boy  to  become 
a  fighter.  A  boy  thus  trained  will 
seldom  need  to  fight.  Buit  he  is 
equipped  for  every  emergency.  He 
has  been  taught  to  seek  pace  with  all 
and  to  live  on  a  high  level,  but  he 
has  also  to  be  instructed  in  the  other 
scriptural  injunction,  not  to  cast  his 
pearls  before  swine. 

If,  infrequently,  combats  occur,  the 
boy  should  be  encouraged  to  believe 
that  his  parents  are  loyal  to  him,  and 
that  they  expect  he  will  do  what  he 
believes  to  be  right.  Each  case  should 
be  thoroughly  discussed,  to  consider 
if  it  was  really  necessary,  if  either 
party  knew  what  he  was  fighting  for, 
and  if  the  result  was  actually  satis- 
factory. Such  discussions  will  serve 
to  retain  confidence  between  parents 
and  child.  They  will  sometimes  dis- 
criminate as  to  real  contests  for  right- 
eousness. We  may  not  always  be  able 
to  approve  of  fighting,  but  happy  is 
the  parent  who  watches  his  child  grow- 
ing in  self  control,  courage,  and  de- 
sire to  "fight  the  good  fight." 


The  Upward  Roadi 

I  will  follow  the  upward  road  to-day, 

I  will  keep  my  face  to  the  light, 
I  will  think  high  thoughts  as  I  ge>  my  way, 

I  will  do  what  I  know  is  right, 
I  will  look  for  the  flowers  by  the  side  of  the  road, 

I  will  laugh  and  love  and  be  strong, 
I  will  try  to  lighten  another's  load, 

This  day  as  I  fare  along. 

—The  Girls'  Own  Book. 


STORIES 


By  Harold  H.  Jenson 


in 


Duncan  M.  McAllister 

Many  pioneers  have  been  reviewed 
the  "/Juvenile  Instructor,"  ,bu!t 
Duncan  M.  McAllister,  veteran  cus- 
todian of  the  Salt  Lake  Temple  rec- 
ords, heads  the  list  for  having  the  most 
remarkable  memory    of    any   pioneer, 


man  or  woman,  the  writfer  has  ever 
interviewed.  Although  85  years  of  age, 
he  is  on  the  job  every  day  and  writes 
a  hand  that  would  put  many  young 
folks  in  the  shade.  Ever  since  a  small 
lad,  the  writer  has  regarded  Brother 
McAllister  with  a  sort  of  hero  worship, 
but  only  recently  did  opportunity  pre- 
sent itself  to  obtain  from  his  lips  a 
story  of  "faithful  service"  that  is  a 
real  object  lesson.  "Work  and  more 
work"  could  well  be  termed  Brother 
McAllister's  motto  for  success.     For 


years  he  has  delved  into  books  and, 
although  an  office  man,  followed  a 
set  plan  of  health  rules  to  which  he 
attributes  his  good  health  in  old  age. 

With  a  rapidity  for  answering 
questions  that  would  do  credit  to  any 
witness  Brother  McAllister  told  the 
following  story  of  his  hfe.  ''I  was 
born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  April  18, 
1842  and  when  16  years  of  age  joined 
the  Church.  I  was  called  on  a  mis- 
sion at  19,  and  served  two  years  in  the 
Liverpool  office  as  junior  clerk  and 
helped  as  press  man  get  out  the  'Mil- 
lennial Star.'  I  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica on  the  "John  J.  Boyd"  sailing 
vessel  April  30,  1863,  and  landed  in 
New  York.  After  considerable  delay 
arrived  in  Florence,  Nebraska,  in  June. 
My  first  employment  was  in  the 
Church  store  where  for  several  months 
I  worked  hard.  Then  with  nine  other 
"Mormon"  boys  worked  for  a  gentle- 
man who  took  a  contract  to  cut  hay  for 
the  government  cavalry  at  Fort  HoUick 
in  what  is  now  Wyoming,  as  they  were 
having  some  trouble  with  the  mail  line 
due  to  the  Indians. 

"On  October  2,  186'3,  I  arrived  in 
Salt  Lake  City.  My  first  work  was 
upholstery  and  making  stage  proper- 
ties for  the  Salt  Lake  Theatre.  I  also 
made  a  cover  for  President  Brigham 
Youjig's  traveling  carriage.  Tithing 
script  and  store  orders  were  received 
in  payment.  Becoming  a  member  of 
the  Deseret  Dramatic  Association,  T 
took  part  in  performances,  working  in 
the  daytime  and  volunteering  my  ser- 
vices, like  the  others,  as  an  actor  at 
night.  This  was  in  1863  when  the 
theatre  was  beginning  continuous  per- 
formances every  week  or  twice  a  week. 
I  also  joined  the  Tabernacle  choir  and 


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assisted  in  organizing  the  Handel  So- 
ciety, Union  Glee  Club  and  Zion's' 
Musical  Society.  Up  to  recent  years 
I  was  associated  with  the  Tabernacle 
choir  and  occasional  dramatic  perform- 
ances. 

In  1864,.  when  the  theatre  closed, 
seeking  an  outdoor  life  I  moved  to 
Brigham  City.  But  it  was  not  my 
lot,  for  President  Snow  wanted  me  to 
engage  in  theatrical  work  there.  Be- 
sides serving  in  the  post  office  and 
acting  as  store  clerk  I  taught  day 
school  and  helped  in  many  home  pro- 
ductions. 

"Coming  back  to  Salt  Lake  I  re- 
ceived an  appointment  from  Thomas 
B.  H.  Stenhouse  as  postoffice  clerk. 
At  that  'time  only  |one  other  clerk 
assisted  with  the  mail  at  the  office  in 
the  old  Constitution  building  where 
now  stands  the  new  Constitution 
Block.  Worked  here  for  four  years 
and  in  that  time  the  office  force  wab 
increased  to  eight  clerks.  When  "Mor- 
mon" clerks  were  discharged  from  the 
post  office,  I  was  given  a  position  in 
the  Z.  C.  M.  L  as  invoice  clerk  and 
later  as  a  boc^kkeeper  in  the  shoe 
factory  and  Big  Boot  Store.  When 
"Z.  C."  closed  out  those  departments, 
and  the  Working  Men's  Co-op  came 
into  existence  I  was  appointed  as  sec- 
retary. When  William  H.  Rowe 
bought  them  out  I  was  retained  as 
manager.  When  Mr.  Rowe  personal- 
ly took  cliarge  I  became  his  secretary 
and  assistant.  His  business  was  bought 
by  the  Deseret  Tanning  Company  and 
later  that  sold  out  to  Z.  C.  M.  L  My 
work  then  was  transferred  to  the 
manufacturing  department  of  the  shoe 
factory,  tanning  and  clothing  factory. 

"In  1887  I  was  called  to  be  secre- 
tary of  the  British  Mission  under  Pres- 
ident George  Teasdale  and,  after  two 
and  a  half  years,  came  back  home 
and  bought  the  Utah  Book  and  Sta- 
tionery Company.  During  the  panic 
of  1893  our  company  broke  up  and 
this  .same  year  T  was  chosen  first 
assistant    recorder    of    the    Salt    Lake 


Temple  and  have  been  here  practically 
ever  since. 

"When  Chief  Recorder  John  Nich- 
olsen  retired,  I  was  appointed  in  his 
stead  in  1906.  In  1916  my  health 
broke  and  doctors  ordered  me  to  go 
to  Dixie,  where  I  continued  for  two 
years  as  chief  recorder  of  the  St. 
George  Temple.  Returning  to  the  Salt 
Lake  Temple,  was  made  custodian  of 
temple  records. 

"In  1918  I  was  sent  to  the  Hawaiian 
Temple  as  recorder  and  returning  in 
1920  again  became  custodian  of  tem- 
ple records,  which  position  I  still  hold, 
assisted  by  my  daughter  Kate  McAl- 
lister. I  was  also  clerk  of  the  general 
conference  from  Oct.  1906  to  April 
1916. 

"You  asked  to  what  do  I  attribute 
my  good  health.  Mainly  keeping  the 
Word  of  Wisdom.  For  two  years, 
starting  with  1885,  I  furnished  the 
"Deseret  News"  with  a  column, 
"Weekly  Health  Hints."  I  encour- 
aged physical  exercise,  the  eating  of 
whole  wheat  bread,  above  all,  keeping 
the  Word  of  Wisdom  and  such  hy- 
gienic habits  as  sleeping  with  plenty  of 
fresh  air,  and  living  amid  proper  venti- 
lation and  sanitary  conditions.  I  also 
wrote  many  articles  about  home  in- 
dustries and  the  storing  of  wheat. 
These  articles  were  also  published  in 
the  Millennial  Star. 

"I  took  an  active  part  in  organizing 
the  Genealogical  Society  of  Utah  in 
1904  and  became  one  of  its  charter 
members.  My  ancestors  were  Scot- 
tish Highlanders." 

Brother  McAllister  is  now  a  Pa- 
triarch and  his  life  has  been  one  of 
service  for  the  Church.  He  married 
Catherine  Esther  Perkes  Oct.  20,  1866 
and  seven  children  blessed  this  union. 
His  wife  and  two  children  are  dead. 

Brother  McAllister's  life  may  well 
be  summarized  in  the  words,  "What- 
ever is  worth  doing,  is  worth  doing 
well." 

The  writer  thinks  he  is  one  of  those 


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who  when  he  reaches  the  Other  Side, 
will  have  that  Master  Recorder  of  All 
say  to  him:  "Well  done,  thou  good 
and  faithful  servant;  thou  hast  been 
faithful  over  a  few  things,  I  will 
make  you  ruler  over  many  things." 

Pioneer  Reminiscences 

Taken     from     Chuch     History,     other 

records  of  early  times  and  personal 

interviews    with    Pioneers. 

By  Harold  L.  Snow 

KEEP   TO   THE    NORTH    OF   THE   VALLEY 

Orson  Pratt,  the  first  Mormon  Pio- 
neer to  enter  the  Great  Salt  Lake 
Valley,  was  told  by  Brigham  Young 
to  "keep  to  the  north  of  the  valley." 
The  great  Pioneer  Leader  had  seen 
the  future  settlement  of  the  Latter-day 
Saints  in  the  "tops  of  the  mountains" 
in  a  vision,  and  in  it  the  city  was  at 
the  north  of  the  valley. 

Elder  Pratt  was  sent  ahead  of  the 
main  company  along  with  Erastus 
Snow.  They  were  to  select  the  best 
place  for  building  the  road  into  the 
valley  for  the  more  convenient  travel- 
ing of  the  main  company  with  its 
wagons  and  animals.  Brigham 
Young  would  have  gone  on  ahead 
himself,  perhaps,  but  he  was  ill  at  the 
time  with  "mountain  fever."  Before 
the  two  scouts  arrived  in  the  valley, 
Erastus  Snow  discovered  that  his  coat 
had  fallen  off  the  back  of  his  saddle, 
so  he  let  Elder  Pratt  ride  on,  while 
he  went  back  to  look  for  his  coat. 

Orson  Pratt  entered  the  Great  Salt 
Lake  Valley  on  Wednesday,  July  21, 
1847.  He  kept  toward  the  northern 
part, .  and  in  going  toward  the  west 
he  is  thought  to  have  crossed  over 
what  now  makes  up  a  part  of  the 
University  of  Utah  campus,  and  then 
to  have  gone  by  that  part  of  the  valley 
which  is  now  the  City  cemetery.  From 
there  he  rode  almost  due  west  along 
the  foot-hills  at  the  north,  to  about 
the  present  site  of  Anderson's  tower ; 
across  the  canyon  from  the  State  Cap- 


itol. Thence  he  rode  south,  following 
the  south  branch  of  City  Creek  to 
where  it  joined  the  Parley's  and  Emi- 
gration canyon  streams,  just  south  of 
where  Liberty  Park  is  now  located. 
He  went  east  from  there  and  met  his 
oompanion,  Erastus  Snow,  who  had 
found  his  coat  arid  returned,  and  en- 
tered the  valley.  When  the  two  re- 
turned to  the  camp  in  Emigration  can- 
yon that  night  at  nine  o'clock  thev 
found  the  men  of  the  company  haa 
constructed  three  and  a  half  miles 
more  of  the  road  farther  west  from  the 
foot  of  Little  Mountain.  There  then 
remained  but  one  and  a  half  miles  of 
road  to  make  before  the  company  could 
enter  the  sagebrush  basin  which  was  to 
be  their   future  home. 


A   TERRORIZING   FLIGHT 

Some  sixty  years  ago  just  east  of 
Brigham    City   in    a    little    settlement 
called    Mantua,    among    the    two     or 
three  houses  was  the  home  of  an  Elder 
Hunsaker  who  was  living  there  with 
his  family.    One  of  his  sons  was  about 
sixteen  years  of  age.     The  son  was 
out   herding    stock    one   day,    when   a 
band   of    Indians  rushed   down   upon 
him   from  the  near-by  hills.     Before 
he  could  escape,  the  "Reds"  got  be- 
tween him  and  the  settlement  where 
his  mother  stood  watching   from  the 
doorway  of  their  home.    The  boy  had 
been  cornered  so  that  he  could  not  get 
back   to   the    settlement.      There    was 
nothing  else  for  him  to  do  than  to  ride 
iust  as   fast  as  his  horse  could  take 
him  in  the  opposite  direction  from  his 
home.      He    was   a    good    rider,    and 
realizing  the  danger  of  the  situation, 
rode  at  more  than  a  gallop  up  the  nar^ 
row    valley    toward    its    outlet    which 
would   allow   him   to   escape   into   the 
hills.     His  mother  was  the  last  person 
to  see  him  there  riding  in  ahead  of 
that  trecherous  band  of  Indians.    But 
the    boy    was    never    again    seen    nor 
heard   of   by  the  white   settlers.     No 
one  around  there  ever  found  another 


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trace  of  him,  so  it  was  the  opinion  his  speech  and  hearing  restored  under 

that   the  boy   did   not  get   killed   by  the   administration   of   the  Elders  at 

the  Indians  while  he  was  still  in  that  Newport,    Monmouthshire,    England, 

vicinity  at  least.                          .  on   Saturday,   September  23,   1848. 

*     *     *  *     «     * 

THE   HOPPERS  A    TESTIMONY     OF    TRUTH 

"In  Sugar  House  ward  the  quantity  Saturday,  October  21,  1848,— Oliver 
of  locusts  trapped  daily  is  enormous,"  Cowdery,  one  of  the  witnesses  of  the 
declared  the  Deseret  News  on  May  angel  and  golden  plates  of  the  Book 
14,  1868.  "In  the  five  acre  lots  we  of  Mormon,  bore  his  testimony  to  the 
understand  those  engaged  in  fighting  truth  of  the  Book  of  Mormon  in  a  con- 
them  are  overcoming  them,  though  ference  held  in  Kanesville,  Iowa.  A 
they  swarm  in  from  land  south,  where  few  weeks  later  the  High  Council  at 
it  is  supposed  there  is  no  organized  Kanesville  voted  to  receive  Oliver 
effort  made  to  destroy  them.  The  Cowdery  back  into  the  Church  by  bap- 
brethren  should  organize  immediately  tism,  according  to  his  own  humble 
all  through  the  country  where  these  request.  Soon  afterwards  he  was  bap- 
insects  are,  and  never  cease  their  ef-  tized  and  made  preparations  to  go  on 
forts  until  the  enemy  is  conquered,  a  mission  to  England. 
Brother  Rockwood  informs  us  that  *  *  * 
there  are  five  traps  on  one  branch  of 
Big  Kanyon  creek,  in  which  the  quan- 
tity caught  yesterday  averaged  seven  During  the  year  1849,  about  500 
and  a  half  bushels  to  each  trap."  wagons  and  1,4(X)  immigrating  Saints 

arrived  in  the  valley,  besides  a  number 
of  California  emigrants,  who,  during 
their  sojourn  among  the  Saints,  were 

Rueben   Brinkworth  who   for   five  converted  to  "Mormonism"   and   re- 
years  had  been  deaf  and  dumb,  had  mained  in  the  Great  Salt  Lake  valley. 


The  Sum  of  Life 

By  Lula  Greene  Richards 

Add  truth  to  truth  and  light  to  light — 

Avoid  frauds  alluring. 
Substract  all  signs  of  taint  or  blight 

The  sweet  and  pure  securing. 
Multiply  good  by  good  thus  found. 
Divide  liberally  with  all  around. 

These  four  simple  mathematical  rules. 
Intelligently  taught  at  home,  in  churches  and  in  schools. 

Then  carried  out  in  full. 

With  the  constant  push  and  pull 
Of  Addition,  Subtraction,  Multiplication  and  Division 
Proves  Life's  sum  total  a  grand  and  safe  decision. 


A   GREAT    MANIFESTATION 


JUVENILE  INSTRUCTOR 

Organ  of  the  Deseret  Sunday  School  Union 

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Deseret   Sunday  School   Union, 

Officers  of  the  Deseret  Sunday  School  Union 

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U EMBERS    OF    THE    GENERAL    BOARD 

David  O.  McKay  Edward  P.  Kimball 

Stephen  L.  Richards  Tracy  Y,    Cannon 

George  D.  Pyper  T.  Albert  Hooper 

John  F.  Bennett  Alfred  C.  Recs 

George  M.  Cannon  Robert  L.  Judd 

Horace  H.  Cummingi  Charles  J.   I^ss 

Josiah    Barrows  Frank  K.  Seegmiller. 

William  A.  Morton  Albert  E.  Bowen 

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Milton    Bennion  Mark  Austin 

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Adam  S.  Bennion 

DEPARTMENT    ASSOCIATES 

Florence  Home  Smith      Inez    Witbeck 
Mabel  Cook  Tessie    Giauque 

Blanche  Lot;  Gee  Lucy    Gedge   Sperry 

Salt  Lake  City    -    -    July,   1927 


Pioneer  Day 

For  thirty  or  forty  years  following 
its  occurence  in  1847,  the  Twenty- 
fourth  of  July  was  observed  as  a  day 
of  rejoicing,  thanksgiving  and  rever- 
ent supplication  by  the  Latter-day 
Saints,  though  practically  by  them  on- 
ly. Already  it  is  a  day  of  jiotable 
celebration  thri>ughout  the  Rocky 
Mountain  section  and  thence  westward 
to  the  Pacific  Coast  of  the  United 
States,  the  marvelous  results  of  what 
was  begun  on  that  day  in  1847  having 


become    generally    recognized    as    of 

state,  inter-state  and  national  signifi- 
cance. Furthermore,  it  is  appropriate- 
ly celebrated  by  distant  and  isolated 
branches  of  the  Church  throughout 
the  world. 

Pioneer  Day  it  is  called.  On  that 
day  the  pioneer  company,  under  the 
inspired  leadership  of  Brigham  Young, 
issued  from  the  defiles  of  the  Wasatch 
Mountains,  and  established  themselves 
in  the  Valley  of  the  Great  Salt  Lake. 
For  more  tlian  a  thousand  miles  they 
'had  come,  about  one  hundred  and  for- 
ty-seven in  number,  traversing  plain 
and  upland,  alternately  climbing  and 
descending,  fording  turbulent  streams, 
threading  deep  canyons,  until  they 
looked  down  upon  the  valley  that  was 
to  be  a  place  of  permanent  abiding. 

After  over  three  months*  journey- 
ing, the  pioneer  company  reached  the 
Valley  of  the  Great  Salt  Lake;  and 
at  first  sight  of  it  Brigham  Young 
declared  it  to  be  the  halting  place — 
the  gathering  center  of  the  Saints.  But 
what  was  there  of  welcome  in  this 
desert  spread  out  like  a  shimmering 
scroU,  barren  of  inviting  promise,  and 
empty  ibut  for  its  picture  of  won- 
drous scenic  grandeur  ?  Looking  from 
the  Wasatch  barrier  on  the  east  of 
the  valley,  the  colonists  gazed  upon  a 
scene  of  entrancing  though  forbidding 
beauty.  In  wonder  and  with  varied 
emotions  they  beheld  an  arid  plain, 
rimmed  by  mountains  like  a  literal 
basin,  still  covered  in  its  lowest  part  by 
the  salty  dregs  of  a  great  lake  or 
inland  sea  that  had  once  filled  it  to  the 
brim.  Later  examination  showed  the 
existing  lake  to  be  a  concentrated  brine 
holding  in  solution  salt  to  the  amount 
of  approximately  one- fourth  of  the 
weight  of  the  water. 

No  green  meadows,  not  a  tree  wor- 
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greensward  appeared.  The  grey  Arte- 
misia, or  native  sage,  covered  valley- 
floor  and  hillside  slopes,  relieved  by 
patches  of  chapparal  oak  and  squaw- 
bush;  while  the  wild  sunflower  lent 
its  golden  hue  to  intensify  the  sharp 
contrasts.  Off  to  the  westward  lay 
the_  lake,  making  an  impressive,  un- 
inviting waterscape  in  its  severe,  un- 
living beauty.  From  its  blue  wastes 
somber  peaks  rose  as  precipitous  is- 
lands; and  about  the  shores  of  this, 
the  Dead  Sea  of  America,  were  saline 
flats,  touched  up  with  glistening  crys- 
tals of  salt— all  telling  of  the  scorching 
heat  and  thristy  atmosphere  of  this 
parched  region.  Small  streams,  which 
had  started  in  rippling  haste  from  the 
snowcaps  of  the  mountains  toward  the 
lake,  were  absorbed  by  the  dry  sands 
before  their  journey  was  half  com- 
pleted ;  .while  a  few  held  their  courses 
and  helped  maintain  the  volume  of  the 
briny  sea. 

Such  was  the  scene  of  desolation 
that  greeted  the  pioneer  band.  Could 
It  be  possible  that  this  was  their  Land 
of  Promise?  This  was  the  very  place 
of  which  Bridger,  the  veteran  scout 
and  intrepid  explorer,  had  spoken 
when  he  proffered  a  thousand  dollars 
m  gold  for  the  first  bushel  of  grain 
that  could  be  raised  there.  With  such 
a  Canaan  spread  out  before  them,  was 
it  not  pardonable  if  some  of  the  party 
did  sigh  in  yearning  memory  for 
the  leeks  and  flesh-pots  of  the  Egypt 
they  had  left,  or  wished  to  pass  on  and 
seek  a  fairer  resting  place?  Two  of 
the  three  women,  who  had  accompan- 
ied their  hubands  on  the  journey,  were 
utterly  depressed.  "Weak,  worn  and 
weary  as  I  am."  said  one  of  ,these 
heroic  women,  "I  would  rather  push 
on  another  thousand  miles  than  stay 
here."  But  the  voice  of  the  leader 
was  heard.  In  tones  of  hope,  encour- 
agement and  finality,  Brigham  Young 
exclaimed,  "This  is  the  Place" 

In  his  prophetic  mind  there  rose 
a  vision  of  what  was  to  be.  Not  for 
a  moment  did  he  doubt  the  future. 
He  saw  hamlets  and  villas,  towns  and 


cities,  dotting  this  and  neighboring  val- 
leys, with  the  fairest  of  all— a  city 
whose  beauty  of  situation,  whose 
wealth  of  resource  should  be  known 
throughout  the  world,  rising  from  the 
most  arid  site  of  the  burning  desert 
spread  out  before  him,  hard  by  the 
saline  shores  of  the  watery  waste. 
There  in  the  American  Desert  should 
be  reared  the  House  of  the  Lord,  with 
other  Temples  in  valleys  beyond  the 
horizon  of  his  view. 

Within  a  few  hours  after  the  ar- 
rival of  the  vanguard  at  the  banks  of 
what  is  now  known  as  City  Creek— 
the  mountain  stream  that  to-day  fur- 
nishes Salt  Lake  City  part  of  her 
water  supply— plows  were  put  to 
work;  but  the  hard-baked  soil,  never 
before  disturbed  by  the  efforts  of  man 
to  till,  refused  to  yield  to  the  share. 
A  dam  was  thrown  across  the  creek, 
and  the  softening  water  wa,s  spread 
upon  the  little  flat  that  had  been  se- 
lected for  the  first  fields.  The  plant- 
ing season  was  well  nigh  past,  and  not 
a  day  could  be  lost.  Potatoes  and 
other  seed  were  put  in,  and  the  land 
wa:s  again  flooded. 

_  Such  was  the  beginning  of  their  ir- 
rigation system  in  the  desert,  ever  since 
(co-extensive  with  the  agricultural  areas 
occupied  by  "Mormon"  settlers  in  the 
and  West— a  system,  which,  under  the 
blessing  of  Providence,  has  proved  to, 
be  the  magical  touch  by  which  the 
waste  places  ha.ve  been  transformed  in- 
to fields  of  richness  and  gardens  of 
beauty ;  a  system  that  now,  after  many 
decades  of  successful  operation,  is  held 
up  by  the  Nation's  wise  and  great  ones 
to  be  the  one  practicable  method  of 
reclaiming  the  yet  vast  areas  of  arid 
lands  in  the  West. 

On  the  24th  of  July,  1847,  the  main 
part  of  the  pioneer  band  entered  the 
valley,  and  that  day  of  the  year  is  set 
apart  as  a  legal  holiday  in  the  State 
of  Utah.  From  that  time  to  the  pres- 
ent, the  stream  of  immigration  into 
the  vallevs  of  that  region  has  never 
ceased.— Dr.  James  E.  Talmage  in 
Millennial  S^ar. 


SfeNSnTlMES 


BYJMSJODAHL 


A    YEAR    OF    DISASTERS 

This  year,  1927,  judging  from  what 
has  already  happened  during  the  first 
half  of  it,  will  go  down  in  history  as 
a  year  O'f  many  disasters.  We  have, 
indeed,  heard  the  voice  of  earth- 
quakes, of  thund.ers  and  tempests,  ana 
of  the  waves  of  rivers,  if  not  the  sea, 
heaving  themselves  beyond  their 
bounds. 

On  April  S,  the  first  report  of  the 
overflow  of  the  Mississippi  was  pub- 
lished, and  since  then  the  immense  de- 
vastating wave  has  swept  the  lower  val" 
ley,  along  the  entire  course  of  the 
mighty  river,  leaving  death  and  de- 
struction in  its  wake  in  many  states. 

The  states  of  Arkansas  and  Missis- 
sippi have  been  hit  hardest,  A  number 
of  smaller  cities  have  been  literally 
swept  away.  The  great  city  of  New 
Orleans  was  saved  only  by  the  blowing 
up  of  the  levees  above  the  city,  where- 
by part  of  the  flood  water  was  diverted 
into  another  channel  and  permitted  to 
overflow  many  square  miles  of  valu- 
able farm  land. 

Just  how  much  damage  has  been 
done  since  April  8  is  not  known,  but 
the  loss  of  property  is  estimated  at 
hundreds  of  millions  of  dollars.  Half 
a  million  people  were  rendered  home- 
less, and  many  lives  were  lost.  The 
flood  is  regarded  as  the  most  disas- 
trous that  ever  visited  this  country. 

We  have  been  taught  to  regard  such 
calamities  as  signs  of  the  time  of  the 
end,  and  I  have  no  doubt  that  they  are 
meant  for  a  warning  both  to  saints  and 
sinners,  that  the  coming  of  the  Lord  is 
drawing  near. 

COLONEL  LINDBERGH 

But  this  is  also  a  year  of  achieve- 
ments, and  first  among  these  we  must 


mention  the  phenomenal  flight  of  Cap- 
tain, now  Colonel,  Charles  A.  Lind- 
bergh. On  May  20,  without  osten- 
tation, or  blare  of  trumpets,  he  hopped 
off  in  his  airplane,  "The  Spirit  of 
St.  Louis,"  from  the  Roosevelt  field, 
near  New  York.  "Let  us  go,"  he  said, 
as  he  put  a  couple  of  sandwiches  and 
a  bottle  of  water  on  board  his  ship; 
for  that  was  all  the  provisions  he  need- 
ed for  a  trip  across  the  Atlantic.  Less 
than  34  hours  later  at  Le  Bourget, 
near  Paris,  he  said,  "Well,  here  we 
are,"  and  that  was  all  there  was  to  it, 
except  that  his  daring  exploit  set  two 
continents  wild  with  enthusiasm  and 
the  spirit  of  good  fellowship.  There 
is  nothing  like  it  in  all  history. 

CHAmBERLIN    AND    LEVINE 

And  yet,  great  as  this  achievement 
was,  it  has  already  been  duplicated — or 
more  than  duplicated — by  Clarence  D. 
Chamberlin.  This  flyer  left  New 
York  at  6:05  a.  m.,  June  4,  in  the 
Bellanca  plane  "Columbia."  He  had 
as  passenger,  Charles  P.  Levine,  the 
owner  of  the  plane,  on  board.  On 
June  6,  they  were  forced  to  land  near 
Eisleben,  Germany,  owing  to  bad 
weather  and  injury  to  their  compasses. 
They  had  then  flown,  according  to 
one  report,  4,278  miles  in  44  hours. 

And  now  they  are  talking  of  flying 
from  San  Francisco  to  Honolulu  with- 
out stopping  anywhere.  One  aviator 
has  even  suggested  a  non-stop  flight 
around  the  earth. 

DEVELOPMENT  OF  AVIATION 

It  is  only  20  years  since  Santos 
Dumont,  the  Frenchman,  succeeded  in 
flying  about  one  hundred  feet,  and 
that  was  considered  marvelous  in  1906. 
In  1908,  Jan  13,  Farman  circled  the 


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Eiffel  Tower.  That  was  an  achieve- 
ment. On  July  25,  1909,  Bleriot  crossed 
the  English  Channel.  Since  then 
flights  have  been  made  by  Aloock  and 
Brown,  in  1919,  from  Newfoundland 
to  England ;  by  Ross-Smith  from  Eng- 
land ,tto  Austraha,  also  in  1919;  by 
Eric  Nelson  and  Smith  in  1924,  around 
the  world,  from  Santa  Monica  in  Cal- 
ifornia as  starting  point.  This  journey 
was  a  great  feat  at  the  time.  In  1924, 
the  German  Zeppelin  Z  R-3  made  the 
trip  from  Germany  to  America.  In 
1926  Maughn  flew  across  the  conti- 
nent in  one  day.  In  1926,  Byrd  flew 
to  the  Northpole  from  Spitzbergen, 
and  Captain  Amundsen  made  the  same 
trip  in  the  dirigble  "Norge,"  and  con- 
tinued across  the  Arctic  to  Alaska. 
And  now  the  Atlantic  has  been  crossed 
twice. 

This  is  a  wonderful  development  of 
aviation  in  so  short  a  time. 

AVIATION    IN    PROPHECY 

Itt  appears  to  me  that  one  of  the 
prophets  of  Judah  was  granted  a  vision 
of  this  feature  of  the  latter  days.  I 
refer  to  Isaiah.  The  Spirit  opened 
his  eyes,  and  he  saw  his  scattered 
people  gathering  in  the  latter  days  and 
fgentiles  coming  to  their  light.  He  saw 
them  coming  over  the  sea,  and  over 
l^nd  in  caravans.  He  saw  them  bring- 
ing their  flocks  and  their  rams  to  the 
altar  of  the  Lord  as  free-will  offer- 
ings. [All  this  was  clear  and  intelli- 
gible to  him,  but  then  his  vision  be- 
came less  clear,  and  what  he  saw 
cg^used  him  to  ask  in  astonishment: 
"Who  are  these  that  fly  as  a  cloud, 
and  as  the  doves  to  their  windows?" 
He  saw  them  coming  from  the  isles  of 
the  sea,  as  the  ships  of  Tarshish  used 
to  do  in  the  time  of  Solomon,  bring- 
ing silver  and  gold  from  afar.  "Who 
are  these?" 

I  believe  aviation  now  answers  that 
question'.  The  time  cannot  be  far  off, 
when  Jerusalem  will  be  connected  by 
means  of  air  lines  with  the  commer- 
cial centers  of  all  the  world.    Then  the 


ships  of  the  air  will  come  with  their 
precious  freights,  the  Zeppelins  like  big 
clouds  and  the  other  machines  like 
doves,  literally,  to  the  holy  city.  If 
this  is  a  correct  Snterpretation  of  Isa. 
60:8,  the  development  of  aviation  is 
another  of  the  signs  of  the  coming  of 
the  Lord  to  reign. 

A  SERIOUS  SITUATION 

A  very  serious  situation  has  arisen 
in  European  politics. 

On  May  12,  a  raid  was  made  on 
the  London  offices  of  the  Soviet  Trade 
Delegation.  On  account  of  certain 
papers  found  in  that  raid,  proving,  as 
alleged,  Russian  espionage,  all  diplo- 
matic relations  were  broken  off  be- 
tween the  two  countries.  The  senti- 
ment in  Russia,  naturally,  became  more 
bitter  than  fever  against  Great  Britain. 

On  June  7,  the  Soviet  ambassador 
in  Warsaw,  Poland,  was  assassinated 
in  that  city  by  a  Russian  royalist.  This 
again  caused  a  wave  of  wrath  to  rise 
in  Russia,  and  the  Russian  govern- 
ment immediately  took  advantage  of 
the  situation  ;and  directed  that  wave 
against  the  British  government.  What 
the  consequences  of  this  criminal  act 
will  be,  we  know  not.  It  was  just 
such  a  political  assassination  that  prov- 
ed to  be  the  spark  which  started  the 
world-conflagration  in  1914. 

However,  now  Europe  has  the 
League  of  Nations,  which  has  on  more 
than  one  occasion  proved  itself  a  pow- 
er for  the  preservation  of  peace,  and 
it  is  hoped  that  it  will  do  so  again. 

THE    WORK    OF   THE    ADVERSARY 

I  am  fully  convinced  that  this  is 
a  new  attempt  by  the  adversary  of 
the  Son  of  God.  to  start  again  a  hell 
fire  on  earth.  But  the  conditions  are 
not  what  they  were  in  1914. 

M.  Briand,  the  foreign  minister  of 
France,  on  June  1,  re-iterated  his  m- 
vitation  to  the  United  States,  first 
given  on  April  6,  this  year,  to  join 
his  country  in  an  agreement  to  outlaw 


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war.     Our  government  has  promptly 
agreed  to  this  proposition. 

President  CooHdge  has,  as  is  well 
known,  invited  the  great  powers  to  a 
conference  at  Geneva,  on  June  20,  on 
the  limitation  of  armaments.  Great 
Britain  and  Japan  have  accepted  the 
.  invitation.  France  and  Italy  at  first 
excused  themselves,  but  there  are  in- 
dications that  France,  at  any  rate,  will 
be  represented  by  "observers." 

These  two  features  of  the  world- 
politics  are  tremendous  bulwarks 
against  war  at  present. 

Now,  to  speak  very  plainly:  The 
devil  ,is  not  going  to  stand  any  more 
peace  agreements  or  congresses  on 
limitation  of  armaments,  if  he  can  help 
himself.  For  he  knows  that  when  na- 
tions honestly  agree  to  cease  warfare, 
submit  to  law,  and  to  limit  their  arma- 
ments, then  his  reign  o^f  terror  is  at 
an  end.    . 

The  proposition  of  M.  Briand, 
which  Secretary  Kellogg,  on  behalf  of 
our  government,  has  expressed  a  will- 
ingness to  comply  with,  is  the  most 
important  question  at  present,  before 
the  two  countries.  The  French  as- 
surance is,  that  France  would  be  will- 
ing to  subscribe  publicly  with  the 
United  States  to  any  mutual  engage- 
ment tending  "to  outlaw  war"  as  be- 
tween the  two  nations.  That  is  feas- 
ible. Sweden  has  such  treaties  with 
six  countries.  It  is  also  effective,  for, 
if  each  country  had  such  treaties  with 
every  other  country,  and  kept  them 
inviolate,  there  would  never  again  be 
a  war. 

_  If  the  adversary  can  prevent  the 
different  countries  from  establishing 
peace  by  individual  treaties,  he  will 
do  so,  and  the  most  direct  way  is  to 
instigate  crimes  that  keep  hatred  burn- 
ing between  nations. 


PROPHECIES    CONDITIONAL 

Some  believ^e  that  because  wars  have 
been  predicted,  therefore  they  must 
oome  and  it  is  useless  to  work  for 
peace.  Let  us  not  subscribe  to  thai 
fallacy  of  reasoning.  God's  promises 
are  conditional.  Even  our  patriarchal 
blessings  are  conditional  on  our  faith- 
fulness and  obedience.  God's  threats 
are  also  conditional.  He  commands 
His  prophet  to  announce  the  destruc- 
tion of  Nineveh,  but  when  the  people 
repent,  the  decree  is  revoked,  until  they 
sin  again.  It  is  the  same  with  the 
predictions  relating  to  wars  and  other 
calamities.  If  they  are  to  come  it  will 
be  on  account  of  the  acts  of  men,  and 
not  the  decrees  of  God. 

The  true  relationship  of  prophecy 
to  actual  happenings  is  not  always 
easy  to  understand.  Prophets  fore- 
told, for  instance,  the  captivity  of  Is- 
rael, and  human  reasoning  would  na- 
turally conclude  that  if  foretold,  it 
must  happen,  no  matter  what  the  peo- 
ple might  do.  But  history  proves  that 
the  fulfilment  of  the  prophecy  came 
about  by  the  sins  of  both  the  rulers 
and  the  people.  The  Lord  warned 
them  against  the  consequences  oi  per- 
sisting in  idolatry  and  transgressions. 
That  was  the  nature  of  the  prophecies. 
If  they  had  repented,  the  prophecies 
would  have  been  revoked.  It  is  so 
now.  If  the  nations  want  war,  they 
will  get  it,  till,  figuratively  speaking, 
their  cavalry  horses  swim  in  blood. 
But  if  they  want  peace,  through  the 
Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ,  the  Gospel  of 
peace,  the  Gospel  of  the  Prince  of 
Peace,  we  will  get  it  any  day,  through 
the  power  and  mercy  of  God.  And,  let 
me  say,  that  we,  as  Latter-day  Saints, 
more  than  any  other  people,  are 
interested  in  the  kingdom  of  peace  on 
earth,  for  it  is  during  that  Kingdom 
that  the  work  of  the  redemption  of  the 
dead  will  be  completed. 


BUNDATSCHOOLWaRK 


Superintendents'  Department 

Generd  Superintendency,  David  O.  McKay,  Stephen  L.  Richards  and  Geo.  D.  Pyptr 


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(Matthew,  Chapter  7,  Verse  12.) 

"Therefore  all  things  whatsoever  ye  would  that  men  should  do  to 
you,  do  ye  even  so  to  them." 


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Tihe  example  of  Jesus:  what  it  bids  us 


do 


The   Golden   Rule 

"Therefore  all  things  whatsoever  ye 
would  that  men  should  do  to  you,  do  ye 
even  so  to  them;  for  this  is  the  law  and 
the    prophets."— iMatt.    VII  :12. 

"Verbal  assent  to  this  principle  is  rel- 
atively easy;  to  practice  it  under  all  cir- 
cumstances  is  most  difficult  of  attainment. 
People  are  so  differently  constituted  that 
they  often  have  difficulty  in  understand- 
ing each  _  other  and  appreciating  each 
other's  points  of  view  and  purposes;  add 
to  this  the  dullness  of  imagination  many 
people  possess  with  respect  to  the  effect 
upon  others  of  what  they  do  and  say. 
Moral  imagination— the  ability  to  forsee 
and  to  picture  vividly  the  consequences 
to  self  and  to  others  of  what  we  may  do 
or  say — is  a  rare  quality  of  character; 
it  is,  however,  an  essential  quality  in 
successful  practice  of  the  golden  rule. 
But  even  this  is  not  sufficient.  Ability  to 
forsee  consequences  must  be  accompanied 
by  sympathy,  good-will,  and  real  interest 
in  the  well  being  of  fellow  men.  In  other 
words,  love  of  neighbor  in  the  highest  and 
most  complete  sense  is  essential  to  the 
practice  of  the  Golden  Rule. 

In  these  matters,  Jesus  is  the  great  ex- 
ample to  mankind.  His  understanding 
of  those  with  whom  He  came  in  contact 
was  most  penetrating.  Their  go'od  or 
evil  purposes  were  at  once  manifest  to 
Him.  He  forsaw  consequences  of  con- 
duct and  forewarned  His  disciples  and 
the  Jews_  generally  of  these  consequences. 
He  manifested  the  greatest  concern  for 
the  highest  ultimate  good  of  all  mankind. 

Irreligious  Teachers 

Dr.  Nicholas  Murray  Butler,  president 
of  Columbia  University,  is  quoted  in  the 
press  as  declaring  that  an  illiterate  min- 
istry is  the  greatest  obstacle  in  our  relig- 
ious work.  Dr  Robert  E.  Speer,  of  tlhe 
Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreisfn  Missions,  ' 
declares  in  a  "retort  courteous"  that  we 
are  not  suffering  so  much  from  illiterate 
preachers  as  from  irreligious  teachers, 
and  says  that  many  men  without  technical 
education  are  doing  a  large  amount  of 
good  and  many  with  university  degrees 
are  doing  a  vast  amount  of  harm. 

The  truth  of  Dr.  Speer's  statement  is  as 


applicable  at  present  to  Sunday-school  Hfe 
and  the  field  of  religious  education,  as  it 
is  anywhere  else,  and  it  is  very  apropos. 
— S.  S.  Executive. 

On  Fasting 

Elder  Orson  A.  Garff,  teacher  of  the 
Advanced  Theological  Class,  11th  Ward, 
Logan  Stake,  writes: 

"Thinking  it  might  (be  of  interest  and 
perhaps  do  a  little  good  to  the  readers  of 
the  Juvenile,  I  am  sending  you  a  few 
figures  regarding  our  Advanced  Theo- 
logiical  Class.  On  Fast  Day  of  July, 
1926,  I  asked  my  class  how  many  had 
fasted  that  morning  and  to  my  sur- 
prise only  three  Ihad  fasted;  so  begin- 
ning then,  each  Fast  Day  thereafter,  I 
asked  the  same  question  and  gave  three 
to  five  minutes  talk  on  this  subject 
and  here  are  the  figures: 

Month   No.  present   No.  fasting  %  fasting 

July  Zt  3  12 

Aug.  27  9  33 

Sept.  28  14  50 

Oct.  22  12  54 

Nov.  35  22  63 

Dec.  33  20  60 

Jan.  Z1  28  74 

Feb.  43  27  62 

Mar.  41  20  48 

Apr.  38  12  32 

May  26  12  46 

June  21  8  36 

This  averages 'about  40%  that  Ihave  fast- 
ed during  the  entire  year. 

Every   Child   in   the   Sunday   School 

The  statement  is  frequently  made  that 
the  criminals  of  today  did  |iiot  come 
from  the  Sunday-school.  Investigation 
usually  proves  t'his  true,  and  Ve  point 
witih  pride  to  the  fact  that  the  boys  and 
girls  who  come  up  through  the  Sunday- 
school  are  safeguarded  against  crime.  But 
there  is  another  side  to  the  picture.  Why 
weren't  those  other  children  in  Sunday- 
school,  those  boys  and  girls  who  have 
become  the  criminals  of  today?  We  can 
honor  the  School  of  Yesterday,  for  all 
that  it  did  accomolish,  but  we  should  also 
note  what  it  did  not  accomplish.  The 
school  of  today  must  recognize  its 
obligation  to  all  children.  The  attractive 
school  attracts,  and  the  individual  in- 
vitation insists,  and  the  serious  superin- 
tendent must  find  a  way  to  reach  the  last 
child. — S.   S.   Executive. 


SECRETARIES'  DEPARTMENT 


Albert  Homer  Reiser,  General  Secretary 


Earn  Approval  for  Your  Work 

The  secretary,  who  is  ambitious  to 
make  his  name  a  synonym  for  trust- 
worthiness and  reliability,  will  realize  the 
importance  of  having  an  orderly  way  of 
doing  his  work. 

He  will  be  present  on  time  at  all 
meetings  at  which  Ihe  is  to  take  the  roll 
and    minutes. 

If  he  must  rely  upon  teachers  to  mark 
class  rolls,  he  will  get  the  rolls  into  their 
hands  as  early  as  possible  and  request 
that  they  be  marked  silently  during  the 
opening  exercises  and  then  checked  up 
quickly  at  the  beginning  of  the  class 
period  to  be  sure  that  all  present  are 
given  credit. 

He  will  arrange  with  the  teacher  to 
have  the  roll  book  returned  at  a  definite 
time,  properly  marked.  After  tlhib  the 
record  will  be  transferred  to  the  minute 
book. 

He  will  complete  the  minutes  for  each 
session  as  soon  as  possible  after  the 
close  of  the  session  and  have  the  member 
of  the  superintendency  approve  them 
while  the  facts  are  still  fresh  in  mind. 

The  secretary,  at  monthly  intervals,  will 
transfer  a  summary  page  and  make  up  the 
monthly  report  promptly. 

By  the  time  the  annual  report  is  to  be 
made,  the  records,  including  the  quarterly 
summary,  will  be  in  such  excellent  con- 
dition that  in  a  surprisingly  short  time  the 
report  can  be  made,  sent  in  to  the  stake 
board  and  forwarded  to  the  General 
Board  and  the  whole  matter  become  an- 
cient history  before  the  due  date  arrives. 
There  is  no  doubt  about  the  soundness 
of  this  statement  in  the  minds  of  the 
secretaries  of  Ogden  and  Morgan  stakes. 

When  stake  secretaries  audit  the  re- 
cords of  such  secretaries,  the  approval 
given  will  be  a  genuine  recognition  of 
merit  and  excellency,  of  which  the  secre- 
tary may  be  justly  proud. 

Auditing  Records 

It  is  suggested  that  when  stake  secre- 
taries visit  Sunday  Schools  or  Monthly 
Report  and  Business  Meetings,  they  audit 
the  secretary's  records. 

The  audit  should  consist  of  checking 
the  records  for  completeness,  accuracy 
and  neatness. 

Th«  records  are  not  complete  without 
the  approval  of  the  member  of  the  super- 


intendency who  is  responsible  for  mu- 
sic and  records.  He  should  read  them 
as  soon  as  possible  after  the  Sunday 
School  session  and  see  that  they  truly 
record  the  full  truth,  regarding  the  ses- 
sion. Corrections  necessary  should  be 
made   before   he  signs  his   name. 

He  should  understand  that  he  is  re- 
sponsible for  the  completeness  and  ac- 
curacy of  the  record  and  that  by  signing 
the  record  he  tells  the  world  that  (he  has 
found  ^  them  satisfactory.  "Read  before 
you  sign." 

The  stake  secretary  should  indicate  his 
approval  in  writing.  He  may  approve 
minutes  of  a  number  of  sessions  at  one 
time,  in  which  event  his  initials  or  name 
may  be  signed  on  the  margin  near  the 
secretary's  signature.  It  is  a  worthy  prac- 
tice, to  sign  the  last  record  of  a  series  with 
a  statement,  such  as  tihe  following:  "Com- 
mendable for  neatness,"  "Accuracy  com- 
mendable," "Beautiful  work,"  or  some 
other  commendatory  recognition,  if  it  is 
deserved. 

It  is  a  wise  practice,  where  necessary, 
for  the  stake  secretary  to  make  a  written 
memorandum  of  the  suggestions  he  has 
given  the  secretary  for  improving  or  cor- 
recting his  work.  A  copy  could,  with 
profit,  be  given  to  the  member  of  the 
superintendency,  who  is  responsible  for 
the  records  and  the  stake  secretary  should 
keep  a  copy  for  purposes  of  "follow-up." 

The  stake  secretary  should  withhold  this 
approval  of  the  records,  if  they  are  un- 
worthy of  approval.  In  fact,  it  may  be 
well  to  indicate  in  writing  upon  the  record 
when  aplproval  will  be  given,  as  for 
example:  "When  approved  by  the  super- 
intendency," or  "when  errors  in  percent- 
ages are  corrected,"  or  "wlhen  statistics 
for  Parents'  Department  are  added." 

Such  careful,  kindly  auditing  of  the 
records  will  do  much  to  make  them  re- 
liable and  will  also  assist  ward  secretaries 
in  making  their  records  what  they  should 
be. 

The  stake  secretary  should  never  let  an 
opportunity  pass  to  bring  the  secretary 
and  the  member  of  the  superintendency, 
who  is  responsible  for  records,  together 
in  an  understanding  of  the  importance 
of  secretarial  records  and  ways  of  making 
them  valuable  and  useful.  In  this  en- 
deavor, the  stake  secretary  will,  of  course, 
cooperate  with  the  member  of  the  stake 
superintendency  who  bears  the  same  re- 
sponsibility. 


Edward  P.  Kimball,  Chairman;   Tracy  Y,  Cannon,  and  P.  Melvin  Petersen 


SONG  PRACTICE  FOR 
SEPTEMBER 

Deseret  Sunday  School  Songs,  No.  239, 
"Let's  be  Kind  to  One  Another." 

Words :  Objective — To  show  that  true 
greatness  comes  as  a  result  of  helping 
others  and  desiring  for  our  fellow  man 
the  best  things  in  this  life  and  the  life 
to  come. 


:     Objective — To  sing  with  Hght- 
ntleness,  tenderness  and  ease,  to 


Music:  UDjective — lo  smg  witft  iignt- 
ness,  gentleness,  tenderness  and  ease,  to 
permit  of  a  free  flowing  tone  in  all  parts. 

Questions 

Wlhat  are  you  going  to  do  with  the 
tenor  voices  when  singing  and  rehears- 
ing this  song?  Some  may  ask,  why  is 
it  necessary  to  have  a  bass  part  for  this 
song? 


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Committee : 


Charles  B.  Felt,  Chairman;  Harold  G.  Reynolds,  Henry  H.  Rolapp  and 
Robert  L.  Judd 


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Fast    Day    Subject:      The    example 
Jesus — what   it   bids   us   do. 

Special  Topic:     The  Golden  Rule. 

For  the  general  treatment  of  this  sub- 
ject, see  Superintendents'  Department  of 
this  magazine,  and  for  its  adaptation  to 
your  class  see  that  department  section. 

For  schools  ihaving  three  classes  only: 

Theological  Department:  From  the  text 
"The  Apostles  of  Jesus  Christ."  (Ander- 
son). 


Intermediate    Department:      From    the 

text  "Our  Church  and  People,"  (Evans). 
Primary  Department:  From  text  "Bible 
and  Church  History  Stories,"  (or  "Stories 
from  the   Old  Testament") 

For  schools  'having  more  than  three 
departments: 

The  same  lessons  as  assigned  for  the 
Home  Schools,  as  given  in  the  respective 
departmental  sections  of  this  magazine. 


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Standing,  left  to  rlslit:  Herbert  L.  Ginn,  Se«ouil  Asst.  Supt.;  W.  Virgil  Moody,  Snpt.; 
Martin  L.  Van  HoUen,  First  As§t.  Supt.;  Oram  Ml.  Rochcister,  Branch  Secretary.  Seated: 
Joel  F.  Ginn,  1st  Counselor;  Wm.  P.  Aiken,  BrancU  President;  Columbus  M.  Frlddle,) 
2nd  Counselor. 


PARENTS'  DEPARTMENT 


Henry  H.  Rolapp,  Chairman;  Howard  R.  Driggs,  Charles  H.  Hart, 
Milton  Bennion,  George  R.  Hill,  and  Mark  Austin 


Home -Community  Class 

LESSONS  FOR  SEPTEMBER,  1927 

First  Sunday,  September  4,  1927 

Uniform  Fast  Day  Lesson 

General  Subject:  The  example  of 
Jesus:   what  it  bids  us   do. 

Special  Topic:     The   Golden  Rule. 

(See  Superintendents'  Department,  this 
issue,  for  helpful  suggestions.) 

Second  Sunday,  September  11,  1927 

Life  Ideals  for  Youth— The   Sympa- 
thetic   Life. 

Text:  Citizenship,  Part  III,  Lesson 
21,  5. 

Supplementary  Materials:  Character 
Education  supplement  to  the  Utah  State 
Course  of  Study   (1925)  '  Introduction. 

U.  S.  Bureau  of  Education,  Bulletin  No. 
7,  1926. 

Betts,  Geo.  H.— The  Mind  and  its  Ed- 
ucation,  Chapters   14  and  IS. 

O'Shea,  M.  V.— The  Child:  His  Nature 
and  His  Needs,  Chapter  6. 

Luke  X;  25-37;  I  John  IV:  16-21,  and 
many    other    scriptural    references. 

Sisson,  E.  O.—  The  Essentials  of  Char- 
acter,   Chapter    III, 

Suggestions^  on  Preparation  and  Pres- 
entation: Children  are  generally  in  some 
degree  selfish  by  nature,  but  they  are  not 
wholly  so;  also  naturally  sympathetic. 
Either  one  of  these  native  characteristics 
can  be  suppressed  or  developed  through 
education. 

Both  teachers  and  class  members 
should  undertake  to  assemble  concrete 
types  of  conduct  in  the  home  that  should 
be  guarded  against  or  cultivated,  accord- 
ing to  their  bearing  upon  the  problems  of 
developing  selfish  or  sympathetic  habits. 
Ignorance,  thoughtlessness  and  selfish- 
ness are  the  chief-  sources  of  moral  evil. 
These  enemies  of  the  moral  life  are,  in 
the  order  here  named,  progressively  more 
difficult  to  overcome.  Ignorance  may  be 
overcome  by  instruction;  thoughtlessness, 
not  so  easily  and  with  more  dependence 
upon  training  than  instruction;  selfishness 
does  not  yield  to  mere  instruction;  it  is 
overcome  only  by  persistent  training.  A 
child  may  be  compelled  to  share  his  candy 


with  his  mates,  but  this  does  not  guaran- 
tee that  he  is  delevoping  sympathy  or 
generosity,  nor  tbat  he  will  share  with 
others  when  external  pressure  is  removed. 
This  problem  is  very  well  discussed  by 
Dr.  Wm.  H.  Kilpatrick  in  the  new  parents' 
Magazine  called,  "Children",  Nov.  1926 
(353  Fourth  ave.  New  York,  N.  Y.  25c 
per  copy,  or  $2.50  per  year's  subscription.) 
A  first  requirement  for  teaching  sym- 
pathy is  to  be  sympathetic,  manifest  in 
being  considerate  of  the  rights,  the  feel- 
ings, and  the  needs  of  others.  This  is 
one  of  the  fundamental  requirements 
of  the  moral  life.  These  attitudes  should 
be  developed  in  the  child  by  persistent, 
yet  sympathetic  methods  of  training. 
Sympathy  cannot  be  forced;  it  can  be  de- 
veloped by  stimulating  both  thoughtful- 
ness  and  feeling  for  others. 

Problems  for  Teachers 

1.  What  are  some  of  the  evidences  that 
a  child  is  naturally  sympathetic  toward 
others? 

2.  Suggest  some  ways  of  developing  the 
sympathetic  nature  of  a  child. 

Third  Sunday,  September  18,  1927 

Life  Ideals  for  Youth — Honesty  in  Bus- 
iness and  in  all  Social  Relations. 

Text:  Citizenship,  Part  III,  Lesson  21, 
6. 

Objective:  To  determine  how  best  to 
cultivate  in  youth  ideals  and  habits  of 
strict   honesty. 

Supplementary  Materials:  Codes  of 
Business  Ethics  and  books  on  Business 
Ethics.  Luke  XVI:10,  11;  I  Peter  11:12; 
I  Thess.  IV:11,  12.  Sisson,  E..  O.— The 
Essentials  of  Character,  IV  and  VI. 
O'Shea  M.  V.— The  Child;  His  Nature 
and    His    Needs,    chapter  S. 

Suggestions  on  Preparation  and  Pres- 
entation: There  are  two  main  aspects  of 
honesty  to  be  considered  in  this  lesson; 
i._  e.,  truthfulness  and  respect  for  property 
rights.  The  social  necessity  of  both  these 
qualities  of  character  should  be  made 
clear.  This  may  be  made  by  considering 
the  social_  effects  of  their  opposites — lying 
and  stealing.  Suppose  these  vices  were 
made  universal,  what  would  be  the  con- 
sequences to  society?  On  the  contrary, 
what  would  be  the  social  consequences 
of    making   truthfulness    and    respect   for 


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property  rights  universal?  Young  people 
should  be  led  to  think  about  such  prob- 
lems and  to  appreciate  the  value  of  these 
character  traits.  They  should  also  be  , 
led  to  realize  the  evil  consequences  to 
themselves  of  developing  habits  of  dis- 
honesty of  any  sort.  These  consequences 
are,  of  course,  not  to  be  thought  of  as 
restricted  to  material  losses  and  loss  of 
reputation;  these  are  important,  but  less 
important  than  are  the  spiritual  losses. 
Young  people  should  be  led  to  appreciate 
the  deep  and  lasting  satisfactions  of  life 
that  are  the  reward  of  conformity  to 
truth  and  right.  This,  rather  than  mere 
fear  of  punishment,  should  be  the  control- 
ling motive  in  youth. 

Family  government  by  fear  is  likely 
to  stimulate  dishonesty:  such  as,  lying  to 
avoid  punishment;  this  may  easily  pass 
over  into  other  forms  of  dishonesty.  In 
case  of  the  immature,  at  least,  the  temp- 
tations to  lying  and  steahng  should  be 
reduced  to  a  minimum  while  the  rewards 
for  ihonesty  should  be  such  as  to  help 
in  establishment  of  habits  of  honesty  in 
all  things.  The  example  of  parents  is, 
of  course,  a  primary  factor.  Do  they 
indulge  in  double  dealing?  or  in  social  or 
society  lies?  Does  their  religion  go  to 
the  heart  of  their  conduct?  or  is  it  only 
skin  deep? 

Problems  for  Teachers 

1.  Make  a  list  of  the  customs  of  some 
parents  that  tend  to  develop  dis'honesty 
in  their  children. 

2.  How  may  the  spending  'habits  of 
young  people  influence  their  characters 
with  respect  to  honesty? 

Fourth    Sunday,    September  25.    192? 

Life   Ideals  for   Youth — Personal 
Responsibility. 

Text:  Citizenship,  Part  III,  Lesson  21, 
7. 

Objective:  To  find  the  best  ways  of 
developing  in  a  youth  a  sense  of  personal 
responsibility  for  all  of  his  own  actions. 

Supplementary  Materials:  Betts,  Geo. 
H.— The  Mind  and  Its  Education,  Chap- 
ter 17.  Acts  X:28-35;  Romans  11:1-13; 
and  VI:23;  Gal.  VI  :7,  8.  Sisson,  Ed.  O. 
— The  Essentials  of  Character,  Chapters 
VI   and   VII. 

Suggestions  on  Preparation  and  Pres- 
entation: To  feel  one's  self  responsible 
for  his  own  acts  is  an  essential  element 
in  character.  To  attempt  "to  build" 
/>i^!!>ri^rter  without  it  would  be  trying  »■' 
build  without  a  foundation. 

It  s'hould  be  noted  that  all  the  great 
characters   of  history   have  become   such 


by  successfully  bearing  great  responsibili- 
ties. Responsibilities  are  commonly 
thought  of  as  personal  and  social.  Per- 
sonal responsibility  has  reference  especial- 
ly to  one's  holding  himself  responsible 
for  his  own  conduct.  It  is  well  developed 
when  this  sense  leads  commonly  to  right 
conduct,  and  to  willing  acceptance  of 
penalties  when  one  does  wrong;  and 
to  desire  to  make  restitution  for  wrongs 
done.  Social  responsibility  refers  to  a 
social  trust  that  may  be  born  by  an 
individual,  such  as  that  of  a  bishop  in 
the  church,  or  a  judge  in  a  court  of  law. 
Both  kinds  of  responsibilities  may  T)e 
developed  in  some  degree  in  youth.  Per- 
sonal responsibility  is  closely  allied  to 
'honesty,  including  honesty  with  one's  self. 
The  problem  here  is  how  to  develop 
this  quality  in  youth.  It  is  chiefly  a 
matter  of  training.  Hold  young  people 
responsible  for  what  they  do,  or  are 
supposed  to  do.  Do  this  persistently  and 
conssistently.  Even  a  young  child  may  be 
held  responsible  for  putting  away  Ihis 
clothing,  for  returning  promptly  borrowed 
articles,  for  doing  little  errands,  etc.  If 
this  kind  of  responsibility  is  not  developed 
in  childhood  it  will  be  doubly  difficult 
in  youth,  and  may  result  in  a  bridegroom 
leaving  his  night  clothing  on  the  bed- 
room floor,  instead  of  hanging  it  up  in 
the  closet.  This  may  compel  the  bride 
to  begin  a  course  of  training  by  kicking 
this  clothing  under  the  bed  instead  of 
putting  it  away  for  him. 

A  youth  should  have  added  responsi- 
bilities as  he  develops  ability  to  bear 
them.  These  may  include  earning  his  own 
personal  expenses,  purchasing  and  caring 
for  his  own  clothing;  performing  some 
of  the  social  functions  of  the  home  and 
religious  duties  in  the  Church.  Thus 
may  be  developed  ability  to  bear  large 
social  responsibilities. 

Problems  for  Teachers 

1.  Show  how  parents  may  rob  youth 
of  their  birthright  by  doing  everything 
for  them. 

2.  Suggest  some  particular  responsibili- 
ties that  youth  might  be  called  upon  to 
bear  as  a  means  of  character  develop- 
ment. 

Parents-Tfieolo^ical  Class 

LESSONS  FOR  SEPTEMBER,  1927 
First  Sunday,  September  4,  1927 

Uniform  Fast  Day  Lesson 

General  Subject:  The  example  of 
Jesus:  what  it  bids  us  do. 


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Special  Topic:     The   Golden  Rule. 
(See  Superintendents'  Department,  this 
issue,  for  helpful  suggestions.) 

Second  Sunday,  September  11,  1927 

Lesson  65.     Modern  Revelation 

Text:     Doctrine  and  Covenants. 

Objective:  Blessings  always  follow 
obedience  to  the  laws  of  God;  but  special 
blessings  are  promised  to  those  who  obey 
the   Word  of  Wisdom. 

Suggestions  on  Preparation  and  Pres- 
entation: The  Gospel,  taught  in  the  book 
of  Doctrine  and  Covenants,  touches  every 
need  of  a  human  being.  The  Gospel- 
scheme  points  out  the  way  to  spiritual 
exaltation,  temporal  salvation,  and  it  will 
be  shown  that  provision  is  made  as  well 
for  that  condition  of  physiological  hap- 
piness which  we  know  as  perfect  health. 

The  spirit  of  man  dwells  on  this  earth 
in  a  body  of  flesh,  and  the  degree  to 
which  the  spirit  can  work  its  will  depends 
largely  upon  the  condition  of  the  body. 
A  strong  spirit  in  a  sickly  body  finds 
difficulty  in  accomplishing  as  much  as 
a  weaker  spirit  in  a  stronger  or  more 
healthy  body.  When_  this  principle  is 
understood  the  great  wisdom  of  the  Lord 
in  providing  means  for  keeping  the  body 
healthy  is  clearly   discerned. 

On  February  27,  1833,  the  Lord  spoke 
to  the  Prophet  Joseph,  and  gave  to  the 
Church  "a  Word  of  Wisdom"  relating  to 
the  best  rneans  of  maintaining  bodily 
health.  This  revelation  now  constitutes 
Section  89  of  tlie  book  of  Doctrine  and 
Covenants.  The  Word  of  Wisdom  was 
not  given  at  first  as  a  commandment 
(89:2),  but  at  a  later  date  the  Prophets  of 
tihe  Lord,  from  Brigham  Young  to  Heber 
J.  Grant,  have  taught  that  it  is  now 
a  commandment  which  should  be  obeyed 
by  all  faithful  members  of  the  Church. 

The  Word  of  Wisdom  teaches,  first, 
that  nothing  that  contains  alcohol  shall 
be  used,  (89:5).  This  includes  whiskey, 
brandy,  and  all  kinds  of  wines  and  beers. 
In  the  Sacrament,  however,  wine  may  be 
used,  but  it  should  be  of  our  own  make, 
and  from  "the  grape  of  the  vine,"  which, 
perlhaps,  means  that  it  shall  not  be  fer- 
mented, and  hence  free  from  alcohol. 
(89:5,  6.) 

The  proT^er  use  of  alcohol  is  for  the 
washing  of  the  human  body.  (89:7)  This 
divine  sugs-estion  might  be  profitably  act- 
ed upon  by  mankind.  The  correctness  of 
the  teaching  of  the  word  of-wisdom  with 
reference  to  alcohol  has  been  confirmed 
by  the  investigations  of  men  of  science. 

Tobaseo   §b0wW    not   be   used   in    any 


form  by  man.  Its  proper  use  is  for 
bruises  and  sick  cattle,  but  even  then  it 
is  to  be  used  with  great  care.  (89:8.) 
Science  has  confirmed  also  this  doctrine 
of  the  Word  of  Wisdom. 

Hot  drinks  should  not  be  used.  (89:9.) 
When  the  Prophet  Joseph  was  asked 
what  drinks  were  meant  by  this  term, 
he ,  named  tea,  coffee,  and  other  drinks 
that  have  a  stimulating  effect  upon  the 
body.  Students  of  chemistry  have  dis- 
covered that  tea  and  coffee  contain  small 
quantities  of  poison,  caffeine,  which  causes 
,  the  heart  to  beat  very  rapidly.  The 
warmth  that  follows  the  drinking  of  a 
cup  of  coffee  is  not  due  to  the  heat 
of  the  coffee,  but  to  the  action  of  the 
caffeine  upon  the  heart,  and  the  resulting 
more  rapid  circulation  of  the  blood.  A 
hot  drink,  in  the  sense  in  which  the  term 
is  used  in  the  Word  of  Wisdom  is  not  a 
drink  which  is  hot  to  the  taste,  but  one 
which  contains  some  principle  that  causes 
an  unnatural  rapid  circulation  of  the 
blood.  The  best  students  of  the  subject 
agree  that  the  use  of  tea  and  coffee  is 
injurious. 

Questions    for   Teachers 

1.  In  what  way  is  spiritual  strength 
increased  by  good  bodily  health? 

2;  What  is  meant  by  hot  drinks  and 
why  should  they  not  be  used? 

Third  Sunday,  September  18,  1927 

Lesson  66.    Modern  Revelation. 

Text:     Doctrine  and  Covenants. 

Objective:  To  enjoy  the  blessings  of 
health  and  long  life  we  must  live  the 
Word    of    Wisdom. 

Suggestions  on  Preparation  and  Pres- 
entation: All  the  wholesome  products  of 
the  vegetable  kingdom  including  all  fruijs 
and  grains,  are  for  the  use  of  man.  (89:10, 
16);  and  foods  made  from  the  grains  are 
to  be  his  staff  of  life.  (89:14.)  However, 
wheat  is  the  best  grain  for  man,  corn 
for  the  ox,  oats  for  the  horse,  rye  for 
fowls  and  swine,  and  barley  for  all  useful 
animals.  (89:17.)  From  barley  and  other 
grains,  mild  drinks  harmonizing  with  the 
Word  of  Wisdom  may  be  made.  (89:17.) 
The  flesh  of  animals  may  also  be  used 
as  food  for  man.  (49:18,  19;  89:12),  but 
"woe  be  unto  the  man  that  sheddeth  blood 
or  that  wasteth  flesh,  and  hath  no  need." 
(49:21.)  The  flesh  of  animals  should  be  , 
eaten  sparingly,  and  only  "in  times  of  win- 
teror  of  cold,  or  of  famine."  (89:12,  13.) 
This  part  of  the  commandment  implies 
that  we  should  live  almost  exclusively  up- 
on the  products  of  the  vegetable  kingdom. 


390 


THE  JUVENILE  INSTRUCTOR 


July  1927 


In  the  days  of  the  prophet,  many  persons 
held  that  plants  and  their  products  did, 
not  contain  all  the  elements  necessary 
for  the  life  of  man.  In  recent  days,  it 
has  been  demonstrated,  however,  that 
man  may  live  and  prosper  on  a  vegetarian 
diet,  providing  the  proper  selecting  and 
cooking  of  food  are  understood.  This 
is  another  testimony  of  the  truthfulness 
of  the  Word  of  Wisdom. 

Closely  connected  with  the  Word  of 
Wisdom,  though  not  occurring  in  section 
89,  is  the  commandment  regarding  sleep. 
In  order  that  our  minds  and  bodies  may 
be  invigorated,  we  should  go  to  bed  early, 
and  arise  early;  and  at  the  same  time, 
avoid  sleeping  longer  than  necessary. 
(89:124). 

Idleness  and  all  kinds  of  sin  mentioned 
in  the  lesson  on  Correct  Living,  affect 
the  human  body  injuriously,  and  should 
be  avoided. 

Blessings  always  follow  obedience  to 
laws  of  God;  but  special  blessings  are 
promised  to  those  who  obey  the  Word  of 
Wisdom.  They  "shall  receive  health  in 
their  navel,  and  marrow  to  their  boncf, 
and  shall  run  and  not  be  weary,  and 
shall  walk  and  not  faint;  and  I,  the  Lord, 
give  them  a  promise  that  the  destroying 
angel  shall  pass  by  them,  as  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  not  slay  them.';  (89:18-21.) 

With  such  promises,  obedience  to  the 
Word  of  Wisdohi  shall  result  in  great 
physical  and  intellectual  joy  and  success. 

The  Lord  has  said  that  the  Word  of 
Wisdom  is  adapted  to  the  capacity  of  the 
weakest  of  those  who  can  be  called  saints 
(89:3);  and  none  who  loves  .his  God 
should  violate  this  simple,  but  beautiful 
and  important  law. 

Fourth    Sunday,    September  25,    1927 

Lesson  67.    Modern  Revelation. 

Text:     Doctrine    and    Covenants. 

Aim:  The  great  responsibility  upon 
the  Latter-day  Saints  to  preach  the  Gos- 
pel demands  righteous  living,  earnest 
study  and  prayerful  hearts.  _ 

Suggestions  on  Preparation  and  Pres- 
entation: According  to  the  divine  plan 
formulated  in  the  great  council  in  Iheaven 
for  the  government  of  this  earth,  and  its 
people,  only  a   certain   number  of  spirits 


will  be  sent  here  to  obtain  the  necessary 
experience  of  mortality.  When  all  the 
spirits  belonging  here  have  been  sent 
forth,  t!he  work  is  finished,  and  the  earth 
will  be  sanctified,  and  those  whose  lives 
have  been  holy  will  dwell  upon  it  in  joy. 
The  time  which  immediately  precedes 
the  end  of  the  present  earth  is  often 
spoken  of  as  the  last  days.  The  book  of 
i>octrine  and  Covenants  deals  very  fully 
with  tihe  events  and  work  to  be  accom- 
plished during  this  period  in  the  earth's 
history. 

The  last  days  are  characterized  by  the 
restoration  of  the  fulness  of  the  Gospel. 
(39:11;  45:28.)  The  Lord  has  definitely 
declared  that  the  restoration  of  the  Gos- 
pel through  Joseph  Smith  is  in  the  last 
days  and  for  the  last  time,  and  that  this 
is  the  dispensation  of  the  fulness  of  times 
(112:30.)  We  are  thus  sure  that  we  are 
living  in  the  last  days,  and  that  the  end 
of  the  world  can  not  be  far  distant. 

Another  sign  by  which  the  last  days 
may  be  known  is  that  the  restored  Gos- 
pel shall  be  preached  to  all  people  upon 
the  earth.  (1:23;  58:64;  133:37);  and  every 
man  shall  hear  the  fulness  of  the  Gos- 
pel in  his  own  tongue  and  in  his  own  lan- 
guage." (90:11.)  The  gentiles  shall  first 
hear  the  Gospel;  then  the  Jews  (133:8; 
14:10.)  It  is  especially  mentioned  that  the 
Lamanites  are  to  hear  the  great  truth 
of  the  last  days.  (3:20)  The  mighty  ones 
of  every  nation,  as  well  as  those  of  low 
degree,  f.hall  have  the  Gospel  preached 
unto  them.  (124:3.)  Not  only  those  liv- 
ing in  this  generation  hear  the  Gospel, 
but  the  spirits  of  the  dead  sliall  have  it 
preached  unto  them  also,  (76:73;  110:13- 
16.)  The  preaching  of  the  Gospel  in  the 
last  days  is,  therefore,  unquestionably  to 
be  universal. 

Application:  If  the  Gentiles,  Jews,  La- 
manites, spirits  of  the  dead  and  in  brief 
all  men  are  to  hear  t'he  Gospel  and  that 
in  their  own  tongue,  the  obligation  upon 
this  generation  of  preparation  and  pres- 
entation of  this  message  is  very  great. 

Questions   for   Teachers 

1.  What  is  the  meaning  of  "the  last 
davs"  and  what  characterizes  them? 

2,  To  what  extent  must  t!he  Gospel  be 
preached  before  the  end  shall  come? 


The  Railsplitter's  Philosophy 

I  do  the  very  best  I  know  how,  the  very  best  I  can;  and  I  mean  to  keep  doing 
so  until  the  end.  If  the  end  brings  me  out  all  right,  wliat  is  said  against  me  won't 
amount  to  anything;  if  the  end  brings  me  out  wrong,  ten  angels  swearinj  I  was  right 
would  make  no  difference. — Abraham  Lincoln. 


THEOLOGICAL  DEPARTMENT 


General  Board  Committee:    First  and  Second  Years,  Robert  L.  Judd  and  Elbert  D.  Thomas; 

Third  and  Fourth  Years,  Albert  E.  Boweri. 


First  Year — ^The  Apostles  of  Jesus 
Christ 

LESSONS  FOR  SEPTEMBER.  1927 

First  Sunday,  September  4,  1927 

Uniform  Fast  Day  Lesson 

General  Subject:  The  example  of 
Jesus:  what  it  bids  us  do. 

Special  Topic:     The   Golden   Rule. 

(See  Superintendents'  Department,  this 
issue,  for  helpful  suggestions.) 

Second  Sunday,  September  11,  1927 

Lesson  25.     Paul's  First  Missionary 
Journey.  (Continued) 

Text:  "Apostles  of  Jesus  Christ," 
chapter  26. 

Objective:  To  show  that  tihe  preach- 
ing of  the  Gospel  is  the  same  in  all  ages, 
and  that  the  success  of  the  work  depends 
upon   the   same  virtues. 

Suggestions  on  Preparation  and  Pres- 
entation: _  In  covering  the  points  of  this 
lesson  bring  out  the  striking  parallel  be- 
tween the  experiences  of  Paul  and 
Barnabas  in  carrying  forth  the  Gospel  in 
t'heir  day  and  the  experiences  of  our  early 
elders  in  carrying  forth  the  restored  Gos- 
pel Make  a  point  of  the  fact  in  those 
days  the  Gospel  was  preached  to  those 
Who  knew  nothing  of  it,  and  in  the  latter 
days  it  was  being  preached  to  a  supposed- 
ly  Christian  people. 

In  closing  the  lesson  leave  with  the 
class  how  the  strength  of  Paul's  faith  was 
evidenced  by  his  power  to  heal  and  to 
teach    under    difficulties. 

Give  other  illustrations  of  miracles  ev- 
idencing the  strength  of  man's  faith. 

Questions    for   Teachers 

1  .  Why  did  the  Jews  always  stir  up  the 
people  to  persecute  Paul  and  Barnabas? 

2.  What  do  you  consider  the  outstand- 
ing feature  of  this  first  missionary  jour- 
ney of  Paul  and  Barnabas? 

Third  Sunday,  September  18,  1927 

Lesson    26,      Paul's    Second    Missionary 
Journey. 

Text:  "Apostles  of  Jesus  Christ," 
dhapters  28  and  29  to  p.  220. 

Objective:  To  show  that  man's  most 
important  development  is  along  spiritual 
lines. 

Suggestion  on  Preparation  and  Preg. 
entatiofi; 


1st:  The  work  in  Philippi.  Treat  fully 
Paul's  appeal  that  the  Saints  give  liberal- 
ly to  the  poor  at  Jerusalem — II  Cor. 
8:1-15.  Make  application  of  his  statement 
as  to  Christ  "though  he  was  ridh,  yet  for 
your  sakes  he  became  poor,  that  ye 
through  his  poverty  might  be  rich."  Verse 
9. 

2nd:  The  dhurch  at  Thessalonica — now 
Saloniki.  In  covering  this  topic,  study 
Paul's  later  epistles  to  these  saints. 

3rd:  Paul  at  Berea. 

Questions  for  Teachers 

1.  What  do  you  consider  the  thrct 
most  important  events  in  Paul's  work  in 
Philippi? 

2.  What  do  you  consider  the  three 
most  important  doctrinal  points  made  by 
Paul  in  his  work  with  the  church  at 
Thessalonica? 

Fourth   Sunday,   September  25,   1927 
Oral    Comprehension    Review 

1.  Of  what  tribe  was  Paul? 

2.  Where  was  he  born  and  where  did 
he  live  while  young? 

3.  Where  did  he  receive  his  college 
training? 

4.  What  was  his  feeling  toward  Christ's 
followers? 

5.  How   did   he   manifest   this   feeling? 

6.  Who   was   Peter? 

7.  After  Christ's  death  did  he  have  the 
power  to  perform  miracles? 

8.  What  miracles  did  he  perform? 

9.  Who  did  Peter  think  were  the  only 
people  that  should  have  the  Gospel? 

10.  How  was  he  shown  differently? 

11.  As  a  result  of  the  vision,  whom  did 
he  baptize? 

12.  Who  went  with  Paul  to  preach  to 
the  Gentiles? 

13.  Do  our  missionaries  today  go  in 
pairs? 

14._  What  gives  a  person  power  as  a 
missionary? 

15.  Did  Paul  have  the  power  to  perform 
miracles? 

16.  Were  the  saints  of  Paul's  time  per- 
secuted? 

17.  Why? 

18.  Have  the  true  saints  always  been 
persecuted? 

19.  Is  any  other  ritual  t^han  baptism 
and  the  laying  on  of  hancj^  necessary  to 
enter  the  Church? 


liATTER-DAT    SAIJVTS'    SUNDAY    SCHOOL, 
Front   row,   from  left    to   right:    Parley    Clark,  First  Assistant;   George   B.   Jolleiy, 
Superintendent;  Joseph  Goodwin,  Second  Assistant;  Mary  S.  Bills,  Secretary. 


Advanced  Theolosical 
Department 

LESSONS  FOR  SEPTEMBER,  1927 
First  Sunday,  September  4,  1927 

Uniform  Fast  Day  Lesson 

General  Subject:  The  example  of 
Jesus:  what  it  bids  us  do. 

Special  Topic:     The   Golden  Rule. 

(See  Superintendents'  Department,  this 
issue,  for  helpful  suggestions.) 

Second  Sunday,  September  11,  1927 
Lesson  25.    The  Probability  of  the  Story. 

Text:     Ch.  23— pp.  318-327. 

Objective:  To  show  that  ministration 
of  Ang-els  is  neither  unscriptural  nor  un- 
reasonable. 

Suggestions  on  Preparation  and  Pres- 
entation: Let  class  members  answer  the 
questions,  by  previous  appointment  and 
preparation,  what  evidence,  if  any  there  is, 
that  the  belief  in  ministration  of  angels 
is  not  unscriptural.  Similarly  let  others 
be  assigned  to  .report  on  the  question 
whether  it  is  reasonable. 

Questions  for  Teachers 

1.  How  do  the  scriptures  support  be- 
lief in  visitations  of  angels? 

2.  Granting  they  did  that  in  former 
days,  is  there  any  reason  for  disbelieving 
in  it  now? 

3.  On  what  reasoning  can  th?  belief 
t>e  supported? 


Third  Sunday,  September  18,  1927 

Lesson  26.    The  Probability  of  the  Story. 
(Continued) 

Text:     Qh.  23,  pp.  327-346. 

Objective:  To  show  that  the  means  of 
deciphering  the  gold  plates,  and  the  ulti- 
mate disposition  of  them,  is  in  accord 
with  Divine  procedure  in  other  sacred 
matters. 

Suggestions  on  Preparation  and  IVes- 
entation:  Assign  for  preparation  and 
class  treatment  the  matter  of  the  use  of 
media  for  determining  the  Divine  Will. 
Let  scriptural  references  to  suclh  custom 
be  examined  and  reviewed.  In  like  man- 
ner let  the  subject  of  the  final  return 
of  the  plates  to  the  angel  be  assigned 
for  study  and  class  report  and  also  the 
loss  of  116  pages  of  manuscript.  By 
general  class  discussion  develop  the 
thought  that  retention  and  exhibition  of 
them  would  not  Ihave  been  convincing  to 
unbelievers,  and  also,  that  the  method 
of  dealing  with  the  plates  is  characteristic 
of  the  dealings  of  God  concerning  other 
similar  matters. 

Questions   for   Teachers 

1.  What  scriptural  and  historic  author- 
ity is  there  for  the  use  of  mechanical 
media  for  ascertaining  the  Divine  Will? 

2.  How  does  the  final  disposition  of 
the  gold  plates  conform  with  other  of 
God's  dealings  with  men? 

3.  Would  a  retention  and  exhibition  of 
the  plates  have  served  to  convince  the 
unbelieving?  Give  reasons  for  your  opin' 
ion. 


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FIRST  WARD,  BLACKFOOT,  IDAHO 

Front    TOW,    from    right    to    left:      Jo».    W.    flaws,    Second    Counselor;    William    E. 
Bills,  Bishop;  Kzra  P.  Monson,  First  Counselor;  Harvey  Allen,  Clerk, 


Fourth   Sunday,   September  25,   1927 
Oral    Comprehension    Review 

1.  Did  David  Whitmer  continue  fhis 
membership  in  the   Church? 

2.  Did  he  ever  change  or  deny  his 
testimony  of  the  truth  of  the  Book  of 
Mormon? 

3.  Do  you  believe  he  was  sincere  in 
his   testi'mony? 

4.  Is   it   convincing  to  you? 

5.  Give  three  reasons  which  entitle  it 
to  credence. 

6.  Did  Martin  Harris  see  the  plates  at 
the  same  time  as  the  other  witnesses? 

7.  Does  this  circumstance  detract  from 
the  credibility  of  his  story? 

8.  Were  the  three  witnesses  of  like  or 
differing  natures   and  training? 

9.  How,  if  at  all,  does  that  affect  the 
value  of  their  testimony? 

10.  Which,  in  your  opinion,  is  the  most 
likely  to  be  convincing,  the  testimony 
of  the  three  witnesses,  or  that  of  the 
eight? 

11.  Whose  testimony  would  you  give 
greatest  weight  to,  that  of  the  witnesses 
who  left  the  Church,  or  that  of  those 
who  did  not? 

12.  What  became  of  the  plates  from 
which  the  Book  of  Mormon  was  translat- 
ed? 

13.  Do  critics  place  any  reliability  in 
the  testimony  of  witnesses  to  the  miracu> 
lous? 

14.  Does  this  attitude  necessarily  imply 
charges  of  insincerity  or  wilful  decep- 
tion? 

15.  What    evidence    is   there    that    the 


critics  themselves  are  not  satisfied  with 
their  own  explanations? 

16.  How  was  the  coming  of  the  Savior 
announced? 

17.  How  was  his  birth  announced? 

18.  Name    other    announcements    made 
to  men  by  angels. 


Pupils  of  the  Second  Intermediate  Class 
of  the  Sunday  School  of  Bay  St.  Louis, 
Miss.,  enjoying  spaghetti.  Eiliza  Wain- 
frright^  te^^lier. 


General  Board  Committee:     First  and  Second  Yems,  Adam  S.  Bennion,  Chairman;  Third 
and  Fourth  Years,  Alfred  C.  Rees,  Chairman  <avd  T.  Albert  Hooper 

.History,"  Chapters  37,  38,  39;  Isaiah, 
2:2-3;  Micah  4:1-2;  D.  and  C.  133:21,  22; 
II  Nephi  12:2-3;  III  Nephi  20:22. 

Sometimes  obstacles  look  insurmount- 
able, as  they  appeared  many  times  to 
those  "In  the  Wilderness."  Teachers 
might  use  the  following  verse  as  a  point 
of  contact. 


First  Year — Our  Church  and 
People 

LESSONS  FOR  SEPTEMBER,  1927 

First  Sunday,  September  4,  1927 

Uniform  Fast  Day  Lesson 

General  Subject:  The  example  of 
Jesus:  what  it  bids  us  do. 

Special    Topic:     The    Golden    Rule. 

(See  Superintendents'  Department,  this 
issue,  for  helpful  suggestions.) 

Application  to  Second  Intermediate 
Students: 

To  Teachers:  See  that  the  class  under- 
stands what  tihe  Golden  Rule  is.  Have 
them  repeat  it.  How  can  it  be  shown  in 
the  family  toward  father  and  mother? — 
Brothers  and  sisters?  How  can  it  be 
shown  at  play?  in  the  school?  at  a  party? 
in  business?  on  the  street?  toward  ani- 
mals? How  is  the  boy  or  girl  ihelped  in 
observing  the  Golden  Rule?  How  does 
it  add  to  the  love  -  and  esteem  which 
others  will  have  for  us?  How  does  it 
help  others  in  their  struggles?  Give 
specific  examples  from  every-day  life. 
How  s'hould  employees  act  toward  their 
employers?,  What  should  employers  do  if 
they  carry  out  the  Golden  Rule?  Do  we 
really  love  the  Lord  if  we  fail  to  live 
according  to  the  Golden  Rule?  Why? 
How  can  we  improve  in  our  observance 
of  this  principle?  Let  the  class  show 
how  we  can  find  opportunities  to  treat 
others  as  we  would  like  to  be  treated? 
Why  should  we  not  close  our  eyes  to  the 
needs  and  distress  of  others?  How  can  we 
develop  a  beautiful  spirit?  Show  the  in- 
fluence of  Christmas  and  Thanksgiving 
upon  people's  desires  to  be  considerate  ot 
others?  In  conclusion  let  it  be  empha- 
sized that  every  day  should  be  an  oc- 
casion for  the  application  of  the  Golden 
Rule  in  politeness,   courtesy,  helpfulness. 

Second  Sunday,  September  11,  1927 

Lesson   25.     In   the   Wilderness 

Text:     "Our    Church   and   People." 
Objective:     To  teach  that  God  inspires 
His  leaders  according  to  their  needs. 

Supplementary  References:  "One  Hun- 
dred Years  of  Mormonism,"  part  4,  Chap- 
ters    1,     2,     3;      ''Essentials    of    Church 


It   Couldn't  Be  Done. 

Somebody  said  that  it  couldn't  be  donfe. 

But  he  with  a  chuckle  replied. 

That  "maybe  it  couldn't,"  but  he  would 

be  one 
Who  wouldn't  say  so  till  he'd  tried. 
So  he  buckled  right  in  with  the  trace  of  a 

grin 
On  his  face.     If  he  worried  he  hid  it. 
He  started  to  sing  as  he  tackled  the  thing 
That  couldn't  be  done,  and  he  did  it. 


Somebody  scoffed:  "Oh,  you'll  never  do 

that; 
At  least  no  one  ever  has  done  it;" 
But  he  took  off  his  coat  and  he  took  off 

his  hat 
And  the  first  thing  we  knew  he'd  begun  it. 
With  a  lift  of  his  chin  and  a  bit  of  a  grin. 
Without  any  doubting  or  quiddit. 
He  started  to  sing  as  he  tackled  the  thing 
That  couldn't  be  done,  and  he  did  it. 

There  are  thousands  to  tell  you  it  cannot 

be  done, 
There  are  thousands  to  prophesy  failure: 
There  are  thousands  to  point  out  to  you 

one  by  one, 
The  dangers  that  wait  to  assail  you. 
But  just  buckle  in  with  a  bit  of  a  grin, 
Just  take  off  your  coat  and  go  to  it; 
Just    start  in   to   sing  as  you   tackle   the 

thing 
That  "cannot  be  done"  and  you'll  do  it. 

— Edgar  A  Guest 

Questions  and  Problems 

1.  Discuss    "Necessity    is    the    mother 
of  invention."     Illustrate. 

2.  Discuss   "Man's   extremity   is    God's 
opportunity." 

Third  Sunday,  September  18,  1927 

Lesson   26.      "The    Long,    Long   Trail." 

Text:     "Our    Church   and    People," 


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Objective:  To  teadh  that  discourage- 
ment had  no  permanent  part  in  the  life 
of   a  true  pioneer. 

Supplementary  References:  "One  Hun- 
dred Years  of  Mormonism,"  Part  4,  Chap- 
ters 2  and  3;  "Essentials  of  Church 
History,"  Chapters  38  and  39. 

There  are  several  fields  of  activity  in 
which  pioneer  efforts  are  constantly  be- 
ing made,  in  any  one  of  w^hich,  dis- 
couragement may  be  found  on  every 
hand.  It  is  suggested  that  teachers  re- 
view the  pioneer  achievements  of  Lind- 
bergh who  flew  from  New  York  to  Paris, 
Benjamin  Franklin  and  Thomas  A.  Edi- 
son in  the  uses  of  electricity,  Burbank  in 
the  development  of  plant  life,  etc. 

Questions  and  Problems 

1.  Discuss  the  traits  of  the  characters 
who  have  not  permitted  discouragement 
to  destroy  their  usefulness.. 

2.  What  discouragements  do  the  mem- 
bers of  the  class  encounter? 

3.  Give  suggestions  as  to  how  to  meet 
them. 

Fourth   Sunday,    September   25,    1927 

Oral  Comprehension  Review 

1.  Who  in  1840  blessed  Palestine  as  the 
land  to  which  the  Jews  should  return? 

2.  What  notable  magazine  is  published 
by  the  British  mission? 

3.  What  is  the  nationality  of  your  two 
grandfathers? 

4.  What  two  elements  make  up  the 
soul  of  man? 

5.  Give  one  evidence  of  our  pre-exist- 
ence. 

6.  Who  are  to  inherit  the  Celestial 
degree  of  glory? 

7.  Name  three  ways  in  wfhich  temple 
marriage  ought  to  be  a  guarantee  of 
happy  home  life. 

8.  What  is  the  greatest  test  of  one's 
faith  in  a  cause? 

9.  What  was  the  Nauvoo  Expositor? 

10.  What  notable  expression  did  the 
Propihet  Joseph  give  to  the  world  as  he 
was  on  his  way  to  Carthage? 

11.  Who  was  killed  along  with  the  Pro- 
phet? 

12.  Name  what  to  you  are_  the  three 
most  outstanding  characteristics  of  the 
Propihet  Joseph. 

13.  Upon  the  death  of  the  Prophet,  in 
whom  did  the  authority  to  lead  the 
Church  lie? 

14.  What  special  manifestation  attended 
the  selection  of  Brigham  Young  as  Pres- 
ident pf  the  Church, 


15.  Name  five  obstacles  encountered  in 
the  march  westward  of  the  Pioneers. 

16.  How   were  they   organized? 

17.  Name  three  towns  in  which  camps 
were  established  on  the  way  west  from 
Nauvoo. 

■18.  Name  three  forms  of  entertainment 
indulged  in  by  way  of  recreation. 

19.  Wliat  report  of  conditions  in  Salt 
Lake  valley  was  given  the  Saints  by 
James  Bridger? 

20.  What  notable  hymn  was  composed 
while  the  Saints  were  crossing  the  plains? 


Third  Year — What  it  Means  to  be 
a  "Mormon" 

LESSONS  FOR  SEPTEMBER,  1927 

First  Sunday,  September  4,  1927 

Uniform  Fast  Day  Lesson 

General  Subject:  The  example  of 
Jesus:  what  it  bids  us  do.  . 

Special   Topic:     The    Golden    Rule. 

(See  Superintendents'  Department,  this 
issue,  for  ^helpful  suggestions;  also  adapta- 
tion to  this  class,  printed  in  First  Year 
lessons.) 

Second  Sunday,  September  11,  1927 
Lesson  25.     Common  Sense. 

Text:  What  it  means  to  be  a  Mor- 
mon,"  Chap.  27. 

Have  the  class  read  the  89th  section 
of  the  Doctrine  and  Covenants. 

Recite  the  13th  Article  of  Faith  as  sub- 
stantiating tihe  Gospel  as  a  common  sense 
religion. 

Have  read  in  class  the  following  scrip- 
ture passages:  Proverbs  4:7;  Doctrine  and 
Covenants  88:118;  I  Tim.  4:13;  Eccl. 
8:8;  Doctrine  and  Covenants,  90:15. 

Outline  this  lesson  keeping  in  mind  the 
suggestions  at  the  end  of_  the  chapter. 
Study  how  they  can  be  driven  home  to 
your  boys  and  girls. 

Questions  for  Teachers 

1.  Point  out  how  the  whole  Gospel 
Plan  is  common  sense. 

2.  In  what  respects  do  teachings  of 
other  churches  go  counter"  tO  COtnmon 
sense? 


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Third  Sunday,  September  18,  1927 
Lesson  26.     Honesty. 

Text:  "What  it  means  to  be  a  Mor- 
mon," Chap.  28. 

Have  read  in  class  the  following  pas- 
sages: Doc.  and  Cov.,  136:25;  18:3)5: 
42:54;  51:11;  64:27;  13:26. 

Discuss  the  difference  between  legal 
honesty  and  moral  honesty.  Cite  specific 
cases. ' 

Develop  the  necessity  for  fidfiling  ver- 
bal agreements  as  well  as  written  con- 
tracts. 

Get  the  opinion  of  the  class  as  to 
whether  we,  today,  are  maintaining  the 
reputation  for  honesty  which  was  enjoyed 
by  the  Pioneers  and  other  early  Saints. 

Have  a  member  of  the  class  read  the 
chapter  entitled  "Honesty  or  Steel 
Doors,"  in  the  book  "Fundamentals  of 
Prosperity,"  by  Roger  W.  Babson.  Read 
what  Simon  Lake,  inventor  and  engineer 
has  to  say  about  honesty  in  "Touch- 
stones to  Success." 

Do  you  know  what  reputation  for  hon- 
esty Latter-day  Saint  business  men  have 
among  men  of  the  world?  How  do  you 
account  for  it?  How  can  that  good  name 
of  the  Church  be  continued? 

How  can  boys  and  girls  today  contrib- 
ute to  that  enviable  reputation  of  this 
people? 

Questions  for  Teachers 

1.  What  do  you  mean  by  being  mental- 
ly or  intellectually  honest? 

2.  What  requirements  in  the  Church 
give  opportunity  to  test  and  prove  our 
honesty? 

Fourth    Sunday,    September  25,    1927 
Oral  Comprehension  Review 

1.  What  is  baptism? 

2.  What  is  the  proper  form  of  baptism? 

3.  Who  may  properly  perform  this  or- 
dinance? 

4.  At_  what  age  are  children  eligible 
to  baottsm? 

5.  Who  gave  Joseph  Smith  the  author- 
ity  to   baptize? 


6.  Who  is  the  Holy  Ghost? 

7.  When    do     we     receive     the     Holy 
Ghost? 

8.  By  what  power  is  this  gift  bestowed? 

9.  What  did  Christ  say  the  Holy  Ghost 
will  do  for  us? 

10.  What  is  prophecy?  j 

11.  Who  is  a  true  prophet? 

12.  Why  was  Joseph  Smith  a  true  pro- 
phet of  God? 

13.  Name  in  order  the  General  Author- 
ities of  the  Church. 

14.  Name  the  Presidency  and  Sunday 
School   Superintendent  of  your  stake. 

15.  Why  do  we  send  missionaries  out? 

16.  Who    is    benefited    by    missionary 
work  ? 

17.  Did    Christ   intend   that    we    should 
keep   the  Light  to  ourselves? 

18.  Why  should  we  think  clean? 

19.  Why    should    we     keep     ourselves 
clean? 

20.  How  can  our  girls  help  young  men 
keep  clean  and  straight? 


GRETTA  THOMSOIV 

Richmond  Soutb  "Ward,  Benson  Stake 
This     Young    lady    bas    attended    every 
Sunday    School   sesitsiou   for   six   years   and 
has  only  missed  one  session  in  nine  years. 


The  first  great  work  (a  task  performed  by  few) 
Is  that  yourself  may  to  yourself  be  true. 

Earl  of  Roseommon, 


General  Board  Committee:    Second  and  Third     Years,  George  M.  Cannon,  Chtdmum,  tmd 
Josiah  Burrows;  First  and  Fourth  Years,  Horace  Cummings,  Chapman,  and  Eugene  HiUon. 

would  not  like  ^ny  of  these  things  done' 
to  oneself. 


First  Year — ^Book  of  Mormon 

LESSONS  FOR  SEPTEMBER,  1927 

First  Sunday,  September  4,  1927 

Uniform  Fast  Day  Lesson 

General  Subject:  The  Example  of 
Jesus:  what  it  bids  us  do. 

Special  Topic:     The   Golden  -Rule. 

(See  Superintendents'  Department,  this 
issue,  for  helpful  suggestions.) 

Adaptation  to   First   Intermediate 
Department 

Suggestions  to  Teachers:  In  teaching 
the  children  the  importance  of  observ- 
ing tihe  Golden  Rule,  it  is  suggested 
they  be  taught  the  love  of  neighbor, 
which  is  considered  one  of  the  most 
effectual  means  of  observing  it.  The 
two  subjects  are  very  closely  related,  and 
require  the  practice  of  s£lf-sacrifice,  love 
and  consideration  for  our  fellow  men. 
The  most  appropriate  and  impressive  ex- 
ample from  the  scriptures  on  the  subject 
is  tIhe  parable  of  the  Good  Samaritan. 
(Luke  10:30-37.)  This  is  so  especially 
fitting  as  to  be  worthy  of  careful  study 
and  extended  treatment.  Any  good  Bi- 
ble dictionary  will  furnish  a  description 
of  the  country  and  the  characteristics  of 
the  Jews  and  Samaritans.  Some  excel- 
lentcomments  on  the  parable  will  also  be 
found  in  "Jesus  the  Christ." — Talmage, 
P.  429. 

The  Golden  Rule.  We  need  mercy; 
then  let  us  be  merciful.  We  need  c'har- 
ity;  let  us  be  charitable.  We  need  for- 
giveness; let  us  forgive.  Let  us  do  unto 
others  what  we  would  that  they  should 
do  unto  us.  Let  us  welcome  the  new  year 
and  dedicate  to  it  our  best  efforts,  our 
loyal  service,  our  love  and  fellowship, 
and  our  supplication  for  the  welfare  and 
happiness  of  all  mankind. — "Gospel  Doc- 
trine."— 'Prest.  Joseph  F.  Smith,  p.  424. 

The  following  are  some  of  the  points 
that  should  be  stressed: 

One  should  not  take  the  property  of 
another. 

One  should  not  destroy  the  property  of 
another. 

One  should  not  lie,  nor  cheat,  nor  bear 
false  witness,  nor  be  unkind,  nor  envy, 
nor  tear  down,  nor  malign,  because  one 


Second  Sunday,  September  11,  1927 
Lesson  25.     Corianton. 

Text:  Alma,  Chapters  31,  32,  39,  40, 
41,  42. 

Objective:  To  teach  the  value  of  mis- 
sionary work  in  teaching  the  truth  and 
reclaiming  the  wayward. 

Supplementary  References:  See  articles 
"Corianton"  and  "Zoramites"  in  Diction- 
ary of  the  Book  of  Mormon. 

Suggestions  on  Preparation  and  Pres- 
entation: Here  is  given  an  effective  ac- 
count of  the  condition  into  which  the 
apostate  Zoramites  had  drifted.  Contrast 
their  method  with  the  simplicity  of  wor- 
ship of  the  Latter-day  Saints.  Note 
their  disbelief  in  the  Christ  whom  the 
prophets  said  should  come.  Contrast  this 
with  the  knowledge  expressed  by  Alma  in 
his  mighty  prayer  for  the  blessings  of 
God    in   their   missionary  work. 

In  relating  the  account  of  the  sin  of 
Corianton,  show  the  heinousness  of  the 
sin  of  impurity  in  the  sight  of  God. 
Show  also,  that  the  effect  of  wrong  doing 
often  extends  beyond  tlhe  immediate  per- 
sons  concerned. 

Many  important  and  beautiful  doctrines 
are  taught  in  this  lesson.  Try  to  weave 
as  many  of  them  as  possible  into  the  les- 
son. 

Questions  for  Teachers 

1.  Since  prevention  is  so  much  better 
than  cure,  how  can  you  with  this  lesson 
material,  teach  purity  of  life  so  that  this 
day's  lesson  will  be  an  enduring  one  in 
the  lives  of  your  children? 

2.  Study  Alma's  method  of  teaching 
his  sons.  List  in  short  statements  the 
principles  used  which  are  worthy  of  emu- 
lation by  a  Latter-day  Saint  parent  or 
teacher. 

Third  Sunday,  September  18,  1927 
Lesson  26.     Moroni  and  Zarahemnah 

Text:     Alma  43,  44. 

Objective:  To  teach  that  When  we  are 
engaged  in  a  righteous  cause  the  Lord 
helps  and  supports  us. 

Supplementary  References:  See  articles 


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"Moroni"   and   "Zarahemnah"   in   diction- 
ary of  the  Book  of  Mormon. 

Suggestions  on  Preparation  and  Pres- 
entation: 

Do  not  confuse  the  Moroni  of  this  les- 
son with  the  man  by  the  same  name  who 
was  among  the  last  leaders  of  the  Ne- 
phites. 

This  lesson  may  be  made  to  serve  as  a 
sample  of  the  many  armed  conflicts  be- 
tween the  jLamanites  and  Nephites. 

Stress  the  fact  tihat  the  Lamanites  in 
this  case,  as  in  most  cases,  invaded  the 
lands  of  the  Nephites.  In  some  con- 
fficts  the  '.Nephites  are  not  victorious 
because  of  wickedness.  In  this  one,  how- 
ever, the  Lord  blessed  them  abundantly. 

Contrast  tihe  size  of  their  armies,  their 
equipment,  etc. 

Tell  of  the  effect  of  the  influence  of 
the_  Amalekites,  and  of  Zarahemnah,  es- 
pecially on  the  Lamanites.  Show  how 
the  righteous  leader,  Moroni,  sent  to  the 
prophet  Alma  to  get  the  word  of  the 
Lord  on  the  matter  of  their  defence  of 
their  homes,  liberties  and  religion;  of 
the  strategy  of  the  Nephites;  their  vic- 
tory: the  magnanimity  of  Moroni;  the 
Lamanites*  covenant  of  peace,  etc. 

Build  the  lesson  around  the  central 
thought  of   the   objective. 

Questions  for  Teachers 

1.  What  conditions  justify  the  resort 
to    arms? 

2.  What  prompted  the  generous  terms 
offered  by  Moroni?  Had  Zarahemnah 
been  the  victor,  is  it  Hkely  that  ihe  would 
have  been  as  magnanimous? 

Fourth    Sunday,    September   25,    1927 
Oral  Comprehension  Review 

1.  How  was  Alma,  the  younger,  and 
the  four  sons  of  Mosiah  turned  from  their 
wickedness? 

2.  For  what  purpose  did  they  wish  to 
go   among   the    Lamanites? 

3.  Why  was  Nelhor  put  to  death  by 
the  officers  of  the  people? 

4.  Who  was  converted  and  helped  Al- 
ma in  his  missionary  work  in  the  city 
of  Ammonihah? 

5.  Why  was  Amulek  able  to  confound 
the  clever  lawyer,  Zeezrom? 

6.  How  was  Alma  and  Amulek  de- 
livered  from  the  prison? 

_  7.  Wihat  happened  to  the  people  of  the 
city  of  Ammonihah  which  rejected  Alma 
and  Amulek? 

8..  When  Ammon  went  on  his  first 
mission  to  the  Lamanites,  how  did  he 
gain  the  favor  of  their  king  Lamoni? 

9.  Who    were    among   the    first    to    be 


converted  by  Ammon  among  the  Laman- 
ites? 

10.  When  the  wicked  Lamanites  came 
to  battle  against  the  converted  Laman- 
ites, what  did  they  do? 

11.  When  these  converted  Lamanites 
moved  over  among  the  Nephites,  how 
did  the  Nephites  treat  them? 

12.  Who  was  Korihor? 

13.  When  he  demanded  a  sign  of  Alma, 
what  happened? 

14.  How  did  he  confess  his  wickedness? 

15.  When  the  Zoramites  had  aposta- 
tized and  left  the  true  dhurch,  who  went 
on  a  mission  to  try  to  help  them? 

16.  Which  one  of  Alma's  sons  was  led 
into  sin  by  a  wicked  woman? 

17.  Alma  told  him  that  impurity  in  Hfe 
was  next  to  what  crime? 

18.  When  the  wicked  Lamanites  in- 
vaded the  lands  of  the  Nepihites,  why 
did  the  Nephite  leader,  Moroni,  send  to 
the  prophet  Alma  for  information? 

19.  Why  did  the  Lord  give  information 
that  helped  the  Nephites? 

20.  How  did  the  Nephites  add  works 
to  their  faith  in  their  efforts  to  preserve 
their  lives  and  homes  from  the  Laman- 
ites? 

Note:  Have  children  read  at  home 
the  Book  of  Mormon  story  to  be  found 
in  Children's  Section,  this  issue,  entitled 
"A   Glimpse  of  Long  Ago." 

Third  Year— Life  of  Christ 

LESSONS  FOR  SEPTEMBER,  1927 

First  Sunday,  September  4,  1927 

Uniform  Fast  Day  Lesson 

General  Subject:  The  Example  of 
Jesus:   what  it  bids  us  do. 

Special  Topic:     The   Golden  Rule. 
/  (See  Superintendents'  Department,  this 
issue,  for  helpful  suggestions;  also  adap- 
tation to  this  class,  in  First  Year  lessons, 
this  department.) 

Second  Sunday,  September  11,  1927 
Lesson    25.     The    Life    of    Christ. 

Text:  Luke  15:11-32.  Luke  16:19-31. 
Weed:  "A  Life  of  Christ  for  the  Young*' 
Chapter  49.  "The  Prodigal  Son"  and 
Chapter  SO,  "Dives  and  Lazarus— The 
Pharisee  and  the   Publican.** 

Objective:  To  teach  that  the  Lord  is 
ever  willing  to  receive  the  repentant  sin- 
ner. 

Supplementary  References:  James  E 
Talmage's  "Jesus  the  Christ,"  pp.  457- 
461;  465-469. 

Suggestibns  on  Preparation  and  Pres- 
entation:    The   three   parables   presented 


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in  this  lesson  are  among  the  greatest 
given  by  the  Savior.  The  children  will 
delight  in  the  wonderful  stories  and  real 
ilessons  of  life  that  tihey  will  see  in  them. 
In  presenting  the  parable  of  the  Prodigal 
Son,  explain  the  significance  of  the  "best 
robe,"  'th'e  ring,"  "the  shoes,"  etc.  Any 
good  Bible  Dictionary  or  commentary 
will  help  you.  Do  not  fail  to  stress  the 
true  repentance  of  the  wayward  son,  or 
the  fact  that  all  rich  men  are  not  like 
Dives,  nor  all  beggars  like  ,Lazarus. 

Questions  and  Problems 

1.  Point  out  the  similarity  between  the 
love  of  the  father  of  the  Prodigal  Son 
and  the  love  of  God  toward  his  children. 

2.  Wherein  was  the  attitude  of  the  old- 
er brother  wrong? 

Third  Sunday,  September  18,  1927 

Lesson  26.    The  Life  of  Christ. 

Text:  John  11:1-46;  Mark  10:13-16; 
Weed:  "A  Life  of  Christ  for  the  Young." 
Chapter  51 — "The  Raising  of  Lazarus." 
Chapter  52 — "Christ  Blessing  the  Little 
Children." 

Objective:  To  teach  that  the  Master 
has  power  to  bring  the  dead  to  life. 

Supplementary  References:  Talmage, 
James  E.,  "Jesus  the  Christ,"  pp.  490- 
498;   475-476. 

Suggestions  on  Preparation  and  Pres- 
entation: Make  clear  at  the  beginning 
that  the  events  related  in  this  lesson  are 
not  parables  but  rather  actual  happenings. 
Lazarus  (not  the  same  person  told  of  in 
the  parable — Lazarus  was  a  name  much 
used  then  as  John  is  now)  was  in  reality 
raised  from  the  dead.  The  Lord  of  Life 
spoke  and  he  came  forth,  yet  this  was  not 
a  resurrection.  Christ  really  blessed  the 
little  children  then  as  He  has  commanded 
us  to  do  now.  You  have  an  unusual  op- 
portunity in  this-  lesson  to  teach  the  love 
of  the  Master  for  His  brothers  and  sis- 
ters, especially  when  they  are  pure  and 
innocent  as  are  little  chldren. 

Questions  for  Teachers 

1.  W^hat  evidence  of  the  actuality  of  the 
raising  of  Lazarus  do  you  see  in  the  fact 
that  the  Pharisees  sought  later  to  kill 
him.     (See  John  12:10.) 

2.  What  are  the  desirable  qualities 
possessed  by  children  that  can  and  should 
be  retained  by  adults?  Can  we  be  "child- 
like," without  being  "childish"? 

Fourth   Sunday,    September  25,   1927 

Oral  Comprehension  Review 

1.  When  Jesus  walked  upon  the  water 


and  Peter  started  to  likewise  walk  to  meet 
Him,  why  did  Peter  suddenly  begin  to 
sink? 

2.  On  the  second  great  occasion  when 
the  Savior  fed  a  multitude,  how  many 
did  He  feed?  What  quantity  of  "frag- 
ments" did  His  disciples  gather  after  the 
meal? 

4.  Before  the  meal  when  the  Savior 
asked  "How  many  loaves  have  ye?"  what 
did  His  disciples  answer? 

5.  When  Jesus  asked  His  disciples, 
whom  did  men  say  that  He  was,  and  then 
asked:  "But  whom  sayest  thou  that  1 
am?"  what  was  Peter's  answer? 

6.  What  did  Jesus  say  to  Peter  in 
reply? 

7.  What  did  Jesus  mean  should  be  the 
rock  on  which  He  would  build  His 
Church? 

8.  When  the  Savior  went  into  the 
mountains  and  was  transfigured,  which  of 
the  disciples  went  with   Him? 

9.  Who  came  and  ministered  unto  Jesus 
there? 

10.  Who  was   Moses? 

11.  Who  was  Elijah? 

12.  What   did    Peter   propose? 

13.  What  lesson  did  Jesus  teach  as  to 
who  should  be  greatest  of  all? 

14.  When  Jesus  healed  the  blind  man 
on  the  Sabbath  day,  what  did  tihe  Jewish 
rulers  say? 

15.  When  JesUs  heard  this,  what  did 
he  say  to  the  blind  man  'healed? 

16.  What  character  taking  care  of  do- 
mestic animals  did  Jesus  Hken  Himself 
unto? 

17.  To  what  people  then  living  did 
Jesus  refer  when  He  said:  "Other  sheep 
have   I  whic'h  are  not  of  this  fold? 

18.  Write  the  Lord's  prayer? 


The  first   Sunday   School  held  at  McGill, 
Nevada,  about  July,   1908 


PRIMARY  DEPARTMENT 


Chas.  B.  Felt,  Chairman;  Frank  K.  Seegmiller;  assisted  by  Florence  Home  Smith, 
Mabel  Cook,  Tessie  Giaque,  and  Lucy  Gedge  Sperry 


LESSONS  FOR  SEPTEMBER,  1927 
Preview   Questions 

1.  Give  the  historical  settings  for  the 
story  of  the  Three  Hebrew  Children. 

2.  Tell  something  of  the  Political  sit- 
uations existing  during  the  time  of  Daniel 
and  Esther. 

3.  What  great  prophet  predicted  the 
destruction  of  Jerusalem  at  the  time  the 
princes  were  made   captive? 

4.  How  did  the  Captive  Princes  show 
great  wisdom?  What  is  the  reward  to 
those  who  act  as  wisely?  (See  Doc.  and 
Cov.  Sec  89.) 

5.  What  opportunities  do  the  children 
of  primary  age  have  for  showing  moral 
courage? 

6.  Tell  of  some  blessings  resulting 
from  fasting  and  prayer  that  have  come 
under    your    observation. 

7.  Give  devices  for  conducting  inter- 
esting   review    work. 

First  Sunday,  September  4,  1927 
Uniform  Fast  Day  Lesson 

General  Subject:  The  Example  of 
Jesus:  what  it  bids  us  do.  The  Golden 
(Rule. 

Text:    Matthew    7:12. 

Riefference:  Superintendent's  depart- 
ment   this    magajzine. 

Objective:  " Whatsoever  ye  would  that 
men  should  do  to  you,  do  ye  even  so  to 
them." 

Memory  Gem:  The  Golden  Rule,  us- 
ing the  language  given  above,  if  it  can 
be  understood  by  the  children;  if  not 
use  some  simpler  form  as  "Do  to  others 
as  you  would  that  they  should  do  to  you." 
Song:  "Little  Lispers"  No.  117  D.  S. 
S.    Song    Book. 

Lesson:  What  is  one  of  the  rules  that 
auto  drivers  must  obey?  Why  is  this  rule 
necessary?  What  is  one  good  rule  of  this 
Sunday  School?  Why  is  it  a  good  one? 
What  is  one  rule  in  your  home? 

Whenever  there  are  many  people  liv- 
ing or  working  together,  it  is  necssary 
to  have  rules  to  guide  them  so  that  every- 
body will  be  treated  rightly.  (Teacher 
carry  this  discussion  as  far  as  the  ability 
of  the  children  will  permit.) 

How  many  have  heard  the  expression 
"as  good  as  gold"?  We  have  one  rule 
called  The  Golden  Rule  because  it  is 
such  a  good  rule.  Can  anyone  in  the 
class    repeat    it? 

It  is  so  excellent  that  if  it  were  follow- 
ed ,  many  of  the  other  rules  we  now  have 
would  not  be  necessary.     Illustrate. 


Christ  gave  it  to  His  followers  and  no- 
body  since   has    found   a   better   one. 

Let  us  all  repeat  it. 

Teacher  give  an  incident  showing  the 
application  of  the  Golden  Rule,  and  then 
draw  from  the  children  examples  of  its 
effect  in  overcoming  some  of  the  little 
weaknesses  of  children  at  this  primary 
age;  as,  "tattling,"  not  respecting  the 
property  of  others,  petty  quarreling,  call- 
ing others  names,  etc. 

"Children,  do  you  love  each  other? 

Are  you  always  kind  and  true? 

Do  you  always  do  to  others 

As  you  would  have  them  do  to  you?" 

Lesson  33.     The  Captive  Princes. 

Text:  "Bible  and  Church  History 
Stories,"  page  172, 

References:  "Old  Testament  Studies." 
(Tanner)  pages  252  (Jeremiah),  287,  288. 
Smith's  "Old  Testament  History,"  pages 
611,  612. 

Second  Sunday,  September  11,  1927 

Lesson    34.      Youths    Who    Would    Not 
Bow  Down  to  an  Idol. 

Text:  "Bible  and  Church  History 
Stories,"  page  177. 

Reference:  "Old  Testament  Studies," 
(Tanner)  pages  288-291.  "Old  Testament 
Stories,"   (Smith)   pages  611-612. 

Song:  "Dare  to  Do  Right,"  Primary 
Song  Book,  page  90. 

Third  Sunday,  September  18,  1927 

Lesson   35.     A   Prince   Who   Dared   To 
Serve    God 

Text:  "Bible  and  Church  History 
Stories,"  page  180. 

Reference:  "Old  Testament  Studies," 
(Tanner)    pages   293-294. 

Fourth  Sunday,   September  25,   1927 

Lesson  36.     A  Brave  Young  Queen. 

Text:  "Bible  and  Church  History 
Stories,"  page  184, 

References:  "Old  Testament  Studies," 
(Tanner)  page  343-361.  "Old  Testament 
Stories,"  (Smith)  pages  633,  634.  If  pos- 
sible to  get  access  to  Hastings  "The 
Greater  Men  and  Women  of  the  Bible," 
Vol.  4,  read  pages  52  to  62. 

"Esther  is  the  heroine  of  patriotic  de- 
votion. *  *  *  In  all  the  Christian 
centuries,  Esther  has  been  an  inspiration 
to  heroic  women  and  an  incentive  to 
deeds  of  daring  for  heroic  men." 

Song:  "Jesus,  Unto  Thee  I  Pray," 
Primary  Song  Book,  page  18. 


t  KINDERGARTEN  DEPARTMENf 


IFnt.  A.  Morton,  Chairman;  Charles  J.  Ross;  assisted  by  Blanche  Love  Gee 

and  Inez  Witbeck 


LESSONS  FOR  SEPTEMBER.  1927 
First  Sunday,  September  4,  1927 
.Uniform  Fast  Day  Lesson 

General  Subject:  The  Example  of 
Jesus:  what  it  bids  us  do. 

Special  Topic:     The   Golden  .Rule. 

Text:     Matt.  7:12. 

Objective:  By  considering  others' 
rights  and  feelings  we  will  grow  more 
spiritual. 

Supplementary  References:  See  Super- 
intendents' Dept.;  also  story:  "How  Tom- 
my   Found   the    Golden    Rule." 

Suggestions  on  Preparation  and  Pres- 
entation: Use  pictures  and  black-board 
illustrations  with  story.  Enlarge  upon 
story,  bringing  in  more  incidents  showing 
how  the  child  can  do  to  others  what  he 
would  like  otihers  to  do  for  him,  thus 
forming  the  habit  earl3^ 

Present  each  child  with  a  cut-out 
ruler  pn  which  is  written,  "you  are 
measured  by  the  kind  deeds  done  to 
others,"  or  a  card  on  which  is  written 
the  verse  that  was  given  to  Tommy. 
Memory  Gem: 
"Is  there  a  cross  word  that  tried  to  be 

said? 
Don't  let  it,  my  dear,  don't  let  it! 
Just   speak  two  pleasant  ones   quick  in- 
stead. 
And  that  will  make  you  forget  it." 

Rest  Exercise:  Sing  and  dramatize 
"Summer  Flowers  are  Sleepy,"  etc.  Patty 
Hill,  p.  23. 

Suggestive  Songs  for  t^e  Month:  "For- 
giveness," p.  25,  Kindergarten  and  Pri- 
mary Songs.  Chorus  of,  "Angry  Words," 
D.  S.  S.  Songs.  "Flowers'  Lullaby,"  Hill 
p.  23. 

How  Tommy  Found  the  Golden  Rule. 
L  G.  J. 
Tommy  had  been  playing  hard,  and  was 
very  tired,  so  he  sat  down  under  a  tree 
to  rest.  There  was  something  on  Tom- 
my's mind  that  had  bothered  him  very 
much.  He  went  with  his  mother  last 
Sunday  to  meeting  and  the  Bishop  had 
talked  about  the  Golden  Rule.  He  had 
said  that  everybody  should  have  the  Gold- 
en Rule.  Now  what  puzzled  Tommy 
was,  what  did  a  golden  rule  look  like? 
Where  could  he  finud  one,  and  what  good 
was  it  after  he  did  find  it.  The  more 
he  thought  about  it,  the  more  puzzled 
he  was. 


That  night  when  Tommy  went  to  bed, 
he  was  still  wondering  about  the  "Golden 
Rule."  So  Tommy  Ihad  a  very  funny 
dream  about  it.  He  dreamt  that  he 
walked  along  a  street  until  he  came  to  a 
large  house.  He  went  into  a  hall  and 
went  through  a -door  into  a  large  room 
filled  with  boys  and  girls,  cats,  dogs, 
birds,  horses  and  cows.  A  king  sat  on  a 
throne  and  before  him  stood  a  little  boy. 
Over  the  King's  ihead  hung  a  great  big 
card  on  which  was  written,  "The  Golden 
Rule." 

Now  Tommy's  heart  went  pitty,  pitty, 
patty,  for  at  last  he  had  found  the  place 
where   the   Golden   Rule   was   kept.     He 
wanted  to  hear  what  the  King  was  saying, 
so  he   went  inside  and   sat  down.     The 
little  boy  before  the  King  hung  his  head 
as  if  ashamed  of  something.     The  King 
was  saying,   "Billy,  how  would  you  like 
this  bird  to  do  to  you  what  you  did  to 
it?"    "Oh,   no,"   cried    Billy,   "I   wouldn't 
like  to  be  taken  away  from  my  parents 
and  have  my  house  destroyed."     "Well, 
continued  the  King,  "would  you  like  this 
dog  to  do  what  you  did  to  it?"     "Oh,  no, 
no,"  pleaded  Billy,  "I  wouldn't  like  to  be 
kicked  and  have  stones   thrown   at  me." 
"How   about   the   cat,    then?"    asked   the 
King.      "No!    No!"   wailed    Billy,    louder 
and  louder,  "I  wouldn't  like  to  be  thrown 
into   the  water  to  drown."     "Well,   sup- 
posing   the    horse    and    the    cow — "    but 
the    King    could    go    no    farther,      Billy 
fairly  screamed,  "No!  No!  I  don't  want 
to  be  treated  mean  and  starved  to  death." 
"How  is  that?"  asked  the  King,  "You  arc 
willing    to    treat    these    creatures    mean, 
but    are    not    willing   to    be    treated    the 
same  by  them.     Have  you  not  heard  of 
the    Golden    Rule?    Do   unto   others    that 
you  would  have  them  do  to  you".     Billy 
sobbed  and  sobbed,  "Pve  never  heard  of 
the    Golden    Rule    before."      "Well,    my 
boy,"  replied  the  King,  "Fm  going  to  give 
it    to    you;    and    I    hope    from    now    on. 
you'll  always  keep  it."     Billy  took  it  and 
said  he  would  and  then  went  home.  Tom- 
my went  up  to  the   King  and  told  him 
that   he   was    hunting   the    Golden    Rule, 
too.    So  the  King  gave  Tommy  a  beauti- 
ful card,  on  which  was  written: 

"Children,  do  you  love  each  other? 
Are  you  always  kind  and  true? 
Do  you  always  do  to  others 
As  you'd  have  them  do  to  you?" 


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THE  JUVENILE  INSTRUCTOR 


July  igzj 


Second  Sunday,  September  11,  1927 
Lesson  25.     Joseph  Sold  into  Egypt. 

Text:     Genesis,  Chapter  Z7. 

Objective:  In  order  to  please  the  Lord 
we  must  have  a   forgiving  spirit. 

Supplementary  References:  Matt.  18:21- 
35.     Col.  3:12-13.     Doc.  and  Cov.  64:8-10. 

Suggestions  on  Preparation  and  Pres- 
entation: Stimulate  the  children  by  means 
of  this  story  to  love  their  brothers  and 
sisters,  and  be  proud  instead  of  jealous  of 
what  t'hey  can  do.  Bring  it  down  to  the 
child's  life  by  having  him  tell  you  how 
he  can  treat  his  brothers  and  sisters  at 
home,  school,  in  work,  or  play,  as  Joseph 
treated  his.  No  matter  what  they  do  to 
us  we  should  be  kind  to  them.  Present 
each  child  with  a  cut-out  boy  or  girl,  on 
which  is  written,  I  will  be  kind  to  my 
brothers  and  sisters. 

Gem:     Same  as  last  Sunday. 

Rest  Exercise:  Let  the  children  sug- 
gest what  tihey  may  do  to  prove  their 
love  for  brothers  and  sisters — La'ce  little 
brothers  shoes— Put  on  sisters  rubbers, 
etc.      Dramatize   the    suggestions. 

Third  Sunday,  September  18,  1927 

Lesson  26.    Joseph  and  his  Brothers  in 
Egypt. 

Text:     Genesis   4:28-57;   42. 

Objective:  In  order  to  please  the  Lord 
we  must  have  a  forgiving  spirit. 

Suggestions  on  Preparation  and  Pres- 
entation: Pictures  and  blackboard  illus- 
trations. The  underlying  thougiht  is 
brotherly  love.  Joseph  forgave  because 
he  loved  his  brothers.  When  we  love 
others,  we  can  easily  forgive  them  for 
things  they  do  and  say  to  us.  Try  to 
stimulate  c'hildren  to  overcome  sensitive- 
ness and  not  get  peeved  at  every  little 
thing  that  comes  up.  If  while  playing, 
one  should  be  knocked  down  and.  hurt, 
get  up  and  say,  "Oh,  well,  it  was  an 
accident,  they  didn't  mean  to  knock  me 
down.  I'll  be  all  right,"  instead  of  getting 
angry.  Present  each  child  with  a  cut- 
outbooklet  with  the  memory  gem  written 
on  it. 


Rest  Exercise:  AH  summer  the  sun- 
shine and  rain  have  helped  the  grain  to 
grow,  now  it  is  ripe  and  must  be  har- 
vested— 'represent  the  cutting  of  the  grain 
as  it  was  done  while  Joseph  lived  in 
Egypt. 
Gem: 

"To  love  the  ones  who  ihurt  us 

And  try  to  let  them  see. 
That  they  are  grieving  Jesus, 

Who  wants  them  kind  to  be — 
This  is  forgiveness." 

— Annie    Malin, 

Fourth   Sunday,   September  25,   1927 

Lesson  27,    Joseph  Taking  Care  of  His 
Father   and   Brothers. 

Text:     Genesis,  43,  44,  45,  46:29-30. 

Objective:  In  order  to  please  the  Lord 
we  must  have  a  forgiving  spirit. 

Suggestions  on  Preparation  and  Pres- 
entation: Pictures  and  blackboard  illus- 
trations. -Returning  kindness  for  evil  is 
the  big  thought  in  this  lesson.  We  can 
help  more  by  being  kind  to  those  who 
.injure  us  than  by  being  mean  or  hateful. 
It  always  pays  to  return  good  for  evil 
and  it  not  only  helps  us  but  also  the 
other  person  as  well.  Let  children  tell 
iht  others  two  stories  of  Joseph.  Present 
each  child  with  a  cut-out  heart  on  whic'h 
is  written,  "A  loving  heart  is  always 
ready  to  forgive." 

Gem  same  as  last  Sunday. 

Rest  Exercise:  Let  us  do  something 
helpful  for  father.  Shall  we  carry  the 
coal  bucket  filled  with  coal?  Have  the 
children  suggest  daily  helps  to  do  for 
father. 

Preview    Questions 

1.  Why  did  Jesus  give  us  the  Golden 
Rule? 

2.  Why  is  it  necessary  to  have  a  for- 
giving  spirit? 

3.  How  can  we  apply  the  lessons 
taught  in  the  story  of  Joseph  caring  for 
his  loved  ones  into  the  lives  of  tbe  boys 
and   girls? 

4.  What  does  forgiveness  of  spirit  con- 
sist   of? 


Faith 


in  a 


Strap 


O  thou  of  little  faith,  wherefore  didst  thou  doubt?  "How  did 
you  If  eel,  auntie,  while  the  horses  were  miming  down  the  hill?"  I 
trusted  to  Providence  till  the  breeching  gave  way;  then  I  shut  my  eyes 
and  gave  up  for  lost."  The  good  woman  in  question  was  not  the  only 
Christian  whose  faith  held  only  by  a  strap.— From  Dr.  T.  L.  Cuyler, 
in  S.  S.  Times. 


RELIGION  GLASSES 


WriUen  for  the  Genercd  Church  Board  of  Education  hy  Harrison  R.  MerriU, 

Brigham  Young  University 


A  Good  Method  for  Securing 
Enrollment. 

-^he  Box  Elder  Stake  Religion  Classes 
find  that  one  of  the  most  effective  devices 
for  securing  the  enrollment  and  attend- 
ance in  the  Religion  Class  work  is  found 
in  the  following: 

At  the  Beginning  of  the  year  the  fol- 


instruction  by  a  corps  of  interested,  and 
many  of  them  well  trained  teachers. 

We  extend  to  you  an  invitation  to  co- 
operate with  us  in  this  worthy  cause, 
and  to  give  us  your  support  both  in  the 
home   and  in  the  class. 

In  looking  over  the  school  roll  we  find 

your   son-daughter   is 

a  student  in  the  grade  at  the 

owmg  note  is  sent  to  the  parents  of  all       ....school,  may  we  have  your  ap- 


Children     enrolled      in     the      elementary 
schools  located  within   the  stake: 

To  the  parents  of  children  residing  in 
the School    District, 

Greetings: 

In  the  United  States  there  are  approxi- 
mately one  hundred  and  twenty  million 
people,  of  that  number  twenty-two  mil- 
lion are  catholics,  and  twenty-seven  mil- 
lion are  Protestants;  the  majority  of  the 
people  belong  to  no  religious  organiza- 
tion, and  get  little  or  no  religious  train- 
ing. 

In  our  own  state  the  situation  (while 
not  so  bad  as  in  the  nation  as  a  whole) 
is  far  from  being  ideal,  and  our  thinking 
men  are  becoming  alarmed.  Even  we  of 
church  membership,  have  been  gradually 
shifting  the  responsibility  from  the  home 
to  the  church,  until  today  many  of  our 
homes  have  little  or  no  religious  instruc- 
tion given  them. 


proval  to  enroll  in  the  religion 

class   grade?  If  we  have 

your  consent,  will  you  kindly  sign  this 
card  _  and  return  by  bearer  tomorrow 
mornirtg?  ^  We  assure  you  the  best  care 
and  teaching  will  be  given  your  child, 
and  its  interests  will  be  ours. 
Respectfully, 

Religion  Class  Board 
By  R.  H.  Stewart,  Supt. 

Attached  to  the  note  above  referred 
to  is  the  following  slip  which  is  filled 
out  by  the  parents  and  sent  to  the  prin- 
cipal of  the  Religion  Class  to  which  the 
children  by  geographical  location  belong. 

This  device  is  passed  on  to  all  of  the 
other  stakes  of  the  church  wTio  feel  that 
this  means  of  providing  for  the  work 
will  be  helpful.  Superintendents  are  re- 
quested to  lay  plans  now  for  a  good 
beginning  in  the  fall. 

To  the  Religion   Class  teachers  of  the 


It    has   been    thought  best   and    so   or-      grade    school, 


dered  that  our  public  schools  take  no 
part  in  religious  training,  and  we  have 
come  to  depend  upon  the  church  almost 
entirely  for  this  part  of  our  education. 

To  meet  this  situation  and  to  compen- 
sate in  part  for  the  lack  of  this  training, 
our  church  leaders  have  organized  the 
religion  class  and  made  it  part  of  our 
c'hurch  school  system. 

Every  Wednesday  after  close  of  school, 
the  Religion  Class  is  prepared  to  take 
the  children  of  the  first  eight  grades 
and  give  them  thirty  minutes  of  religious 


you  have  the  consent  to  enroll  our  son- 
daughter   - in   you    class, 

and    to    ask    him-her    to    remain    thirty 
minutes    each   Wednesday   after    school. 

Should  I  desire  -  home  im- 
mediately after  school  any  Wednesday, 
I    will    send    a    written    request    to    you, 

otherwise  I'll  expect to  be 

in  class  and  not  on  the  street. 

Parents'  Signature: 

Father 

Mother     — 


Trust  in  the  Lord 

The  Lord  is  good.  All  His  judgments  are  righteous.  He  makes 
no  mistakes.  Never  complain  at  the  judgment  of  God;  never  mock 
Him.  Always  trust  Him.  He  will  never  forsake  you.  Seek  the 
things  of  eternity;  they  are  worth  while.  All  other  things  are  of  but 
passing   worth   and  comparatively  valueless.  — Stephen   L.   Richards. 


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By  Leah  Brown 
To  the  Reader 

Dear  Little  Reader :  As  I  lay  on  my 
bed,  void  of  strength  necessary  to 
carry  me  about  the  work  and  pleasures 
that  were  being  carried  on  by  those 
about  me,  I  thought  of  you.  I  won- 
dered if  you  loved  the  evening  story 
hour,  when  you  could  learn  lessons 
which  would  help  you  to  grow  to  be  the 
men  and  women  you  were  sent  on  earth 
to  become.  And  if  you  loved  to  learn 
of  the  prophets  of  old,  and  the  wonder- 
ful things  which  God  has  done  for 
His  people;  or  if  you  were  like  chil- 
dren I  knew  when  I  was  your  age. 
Some  of  my  little  friends  came  in  one 
day,  and  when  they  saw  nie  reading 
the  Book  of  Mormon,  laughed  and 
said  that  it  was  too  hard  and  dry,  they 
were  going  to  read  something  interest- 
ing that  they  could  get  through  with 
more  quickly.  How  my  heart  went  out 
to  those  children ;  and  oh,  how  I  longed 
to  show  them  how  beautiful  the  Book 
of  Mormon  is.  Right  there  I  resolved 
to  keep  on  studying  so  that  I  might  do 
or  say  something  that  would  help  some- 
one to  know  and  understand  that  won- 
derful record  which  God  has  given  us. 
So,  as  I  lay  upon  my  bed  with  noth- 
ing else  I  could  do,  I  decided  it  was 
my  time  to  help  you.  Day  after  day  I 
worked  and  studied  and  prayed  for 
God's  help.  I  would  not  part,  for  any 
price,  with  the  testimony  I  gained  dur- 


ing those  days  of  study  and  suffering, 
and  that  experience  will  be  thrice  pre- 
cious if  it  proves  an  assistance  to  you, 
dear  little  reader,  in  helping  you  to 
become  interested  in  that  sacred  record. 
May  you  enjoy  the  stories  and  poems 
which  I  have  made  for  you,  is  the 
sincere  wish  of 

The  Author. 

Greetings 

Come,  children,  all  who  love  pleasure 
and  adventure,  and  we  will  join  grand- 
pa and  his  happy  little  company  in  their 
visit  to  a  wonderful  people  of  long 
ago.  We  will  travel  with  them,  camp 
with  them,  suffer  with  them,  and  re- 
joice with  them.  As  each  evening  we 
turn  our  hearth-stone  into  a  wilderness 
of  imagination,  :!with  grandpa  ever 
ready  to  carry  us  through  the  adven- 
tures of  Story  Land,  we  shall  learn  to 
know  and  love  the  heroes  of  the  past. 
We  shall  spend  at  our  own  fireside 
some  of  our  most  pleasant  evenings, 
and  shall  know,  as  we  never  knew  be- 
fore, that  where  father,  mother,  broth- 
ers and  sisters,  all  unite  in  love,  the 
true  spirit  of  home  is  found. 

Home  is  where  we  each  take  part 
To  form  the  loving,  central  heart. 

Where,  when  the  twilight  shadows  rise. 
They  darken  not  those  sunny  skies. 

'Tis   love   that   makes    each   house    a 

home, 
And  not  the  walls  of  brick  or  stone. 

So  whether  poor,  or  rich  and  grand, 
Your  home  mav  be  best  in  the  land. 


July  igaj 


A   GLIMPSE  OF  LONG  AGO 


405 


CHAPTER  1 

In  the  Valley 

For  two  days  and  nights  it  had 
snowed  hard.  But  today  the  sun  shone 
warmly  on  the  earth's  glittering  cover- 
let, and  as  night  came  on,  bringing  a 
beautiful  starlit  sky,  it  was  quite  pleas- 
ant except  for  the  cold  north  breeze 
which  chilled  the  earth  with  its  icy 
breath. 

Ned  and  Gertrude  stood  by  the  win- 
dow looking  far  out  over  the  snow, 
listening  to  the  sleigh-bells  in  the  dis- 
tance. And  grandpa,  as  he  sat  by  the 
fire,  could  tell  by  their  eager  whisper- 
ings that  they,  too,  would  like  a  .sleigh 
ride.  So  with  a  happy  smile,  and  a 
mischievous  twinkle  jn  his  eye,  he 
called  them  to  him. 

"So  my  little  children  would  like  to 
go  somewhere,  would  they  ?"  he  asked. 
"Would  you  like  to  take  a  journey 
with  me  ?" 

"Grandpa  always  knows  what  we 
like,"  laughed  Gertrude,  clapping  her 
hands  in  delight 

"And  it's  such  a  good  night  for  a 
sleigh  ride,  too,"  shouted  Ned,  as  he 
capered  across  the  room  to  find  his 
cap.    "I'll  help  to  hitch  up  the  horses." 

"But  we  are  not  going  in  a  sleigh," 
chuckled  grandpa. 

"How  funny,"  laughed  Gertrude, 
and  a  puzzled  look  crossed  her  face. 

Ned,  halting  half  way  across  the- 
room  came  wonderingly  back  to  the 
fireside.  "How  can  we  travel  in  the 
snow  without  a  sleigh  ?"  he  asked. 

"We  can  do  it,"  said  grandpa  en- 
thusiastically. "But  before  we  start 
you  must  promise  to  watch  carefully 
and  see  how  many  things  you  can 
learn  which  will  help  you  to  grow  up 
to  be  good  men  and  women." 

"We  promise !"  shouted  the  children 
eagerly. 

"All  right,"  said  grandpa,  "let  us 
forget  that  we  are  sitting  snugly  by 
the  fire,  and  travel  with  the  little  com- 
pany who  left  their  homes  in  Jerusalem 


six  hundred  years  before  Christ,  to 
come  to  our  own  beloved  America, 
which  was  known  to  them  as  the 
Promised  Land/' 

"Oh,  it's  a  story,"  laughed  the  chil- 
dren, and  with  an  air  of  satisfaction 
and  delight  they  settled  down  ready  f  oi 
a  journey  into  storyland. 

"The  first  thing  we  shall  see,"  be- 
gan grandpa,  "is  a  quiet  little  valley 
within  a  wall  of  rolling  hills.  Hpw 
beautiful  it  looks  as  the  flowers  send 
their  sweet  perfume  upon  the  breeze, 
and  the  trees  nod  gently  to  and  fro, 
while  the  river  murmurs  its  sweet 
songs  as  it  runs  on  and  on  to  the  great 
sea  beyond." 

"Oh,  how  beautiful!"  exlaimed 
Gertrude  in  delight.  "I'd  like  to  play 
there.    Is  that  where  we're  going?" 

"Yes,"  said  grandpa,  "in  this  valley, 
the  Prophet  Lehi,  with  whom  we  shall, 
travel,  stood  with  his  family  in  the 
light  of  the  golden  sunset.  Then  turn- 
ing to  his  oldest  son,  he  said,  wistfully : 
'Oh,  Laman,  I  wish  your  life  could  be 
as  this  river,  running  forever  to  the 
fountain  of  righteousness.'  Then  to 
his  second  son  he  said:  'Oh,  that 
you,  Lemuel,  could  be  like  this  valley, 
firm  and  steadfast  in  keeping  the  com- 
mandments of  God'." 

"Who  was  Lehi?"  asked  Ned. 

"That  is  just  what  I  wanted  to  tell 
you,"  said  grandpa,  "for  if  we  are  to 
travel  with  them  we  must  'get  ac- 
quainted with  the  company — the  Pro- 
phet Lehi,  his  wife,  Sariah,  and  their 
four  sons,  Laman,  Lemuel,  Sam  and 
Nephi.  Their  home  was  in  the  great 
city  of  Jerusalem.  It  must  have  been 
a  beautiful  home,  for  they  were 
wealthy,  and  had,  perhaps,  everything 
their  hearts  desired.  But  wealth  does 
not  always  bring  happiness.  Most  of 
the  people  of  that  great  city  had 
learned  to  .love  wealth  and  pleasure 
so  much  that  they  no  longer  tried  to 
serve  God.  So  the  Lord  told  the  Pro- 
phet Lehi  to  preach  to  them  and  tell 
them  that  if  they  did  not  repent  He 
would  destroy  them.     But  the  people 


406                               THE  JUVENILE  INSTRUCTOR  /../yi?.; 

were  proud  and  wicked,  and  it  made  dren.    I  know  that  if  you  will  go  the 

them  so  angry  that  they  mocked  and  Lord  will  bless  you.' 

stoned  Lehi  and  wanted  to  kill  him.  "'Yes,    father,'   said   Nephi,   cheer^. 

So  the  Lord  told  Lehi,  in  a  dream,  to  fully,   'I   will   go   and   do   the  things 

take  his  family  and  go  into  the  wilder-  which  the  Lord  has  commanded,   for 

ness,  and  that  He  would  lead  them  to  I  know  that  He  never  tells  His  chil- 

the  Promised  Land.  dren  to  do  anything  without  preparing 

"For  three  days  they  traveled,  and  the  way  for  them  to  do  it.'    So  bidding 

now  in  this  beautiful  little  valley,  which  their  father  and  mother  goodbye,  Ne- 

they  called  Lemuel,  they  camped.    But  phi  and  his  brothers  started  back  to 

even  though  they  were  going  where  Jerusalem. 

their   Heavenly   Father   had   directed  "At    the    walls    of    the    city    they 

them  to  go,  the  family  was  not  happy,  stopped  and  cast  lots  to  see  which  one 

for  Laman  and  Lemuel  were  angry,  ^ould  go  to  get  the  plates,  and  the 

Why  should  they  go  out  into  the  wil-  task   fell  to   Laman.      So,   while  the 

derness   and   leave   both    friends   and  three  brothers,  Lemuel,  Sam,  and  Ne- 

beautiful  home  in  the  city?     That's  phi  waited,  he  went  to  Laban  and  told 

just  another  of  father's  visions,'  sneer-  him  that  he  wanted  to  get  the  records, 

ed  Laman,  'and  I  don't  believe  it.    Je-  it  made  the  High  Priest  so  angry  that 

rusalem   is   such  a  large   city  that  it  he  threatened  to  kill  him.     Frightened 

could  not  be  destroyed.'  and  discouraged,  Laman  came  to  his 

"  'Neither  do  I,'  said   Lemuel,  an-  brothers   who   were   outside  the   citv. 

gnly.     'We  are  just  going  out  to  die  He  told  them  what  had  happened  and 

m  the  wilderness.'  wanted  to  go  back  and  tell  their  father 

"Nephi,   the  youngest   of  the   four  that  they  could  not  get  the  plates, 

sons,   felt  very  badly  when  he  heard  "  'No,'  said  Nephi,  'we  will  not  go 

his  brothers  complain,  for  he  was  an  back  until  we  have  accomplished  that 

obedient  lad  and  loved  to  do  as  his  which  the  Lord  has   commanded  us. 

parents  told  him.     He  did  not  forget  Let  us  go  to  our  home  and  get  the  gold 

to  pray  as  his  parents  had  taught  him,  and  silver  we  left  there  and  buy  the 

and  he   always   felt  that  his  prayers  records'." 

would  be  answered.  So  one  day  he  "I  wonder  how  much  gold  they 
went  out  alone  in  the  hills  and  knelt  had,"  commented  Ned. 
down  and  asked  his  Heavenly  Father  "i  do  not  know,"  said  grandpa,  "but 
if  Jerusalem  was  going  to  be  destroyed,  they  thought  this  a  wise  plan  and  all 
Heavenly  Father  told  him  that  it  was,  went  together  to  their  home  in  the 
but  that  if  he  and  his  brethren  would  city ;  and  after  gathering  their  gold 
keep  His  commandment  He  would  lead  and  silver,  went  back  to  Laban.  Again 
them  to  the  Promised  Land.  Nephi  he  was  angry,  and  sent  his  servants  to 
was  very  happy  to  know  that  God  kill  them.  The  brothers  were  so  fright- 
would  care  for  them  and  he  went  back'  ened  they  ran  for  their  lives,  leaving 
and  told  his  brothers  ;  but  it  only  made  their  gold  and  silver  behind.  They 
them  more  angry.  hid  themselves  in  a  cave  where  they 

"One   morning  as    Nephi   came   to  could  not  be  found.    Now  Laman  and 

greet    his    parents,    his    father    said :  Lemuel  were  so  angry  with  Nephi  that 

'Nephi,  the  Lord  told  me  in  a  dream  they  picked  up  a  rod  and  began  to  whip 

last  night  to  send  you  and  your  broth-  him.    Suddenly,  an  angel  from  heaven 

ers   back   to   Jerusalem.     X.aban,    the  stood    before    them.      'Why    do    you 

High    Priest,    has    some   brass    plates  smite  your  brother?'  said  the  angel  to 

which  contain  the  record  of  the  Jews,  the  angry  brothers.     'Because  of  your 

and  the  Lord  wants  us  to  take  them  wickedness  the  Lord  has  chosen  him 

with  us  so  that  we  can  teach  our  chil-  to  be  a  ruler  over  you.    You  must  go 


Jtiiy  igz'j 


A  GLIMPSE  OF  LONG  AGO 


407 


again  into  Jerusalem  and  the  Lord  will 
deliver  him  into  your  hands.' 

"  'Laban  is  such  a  mighty  man/ 
grumbled  Laman  and  Lemuel  after  the 
angel  had  gone,  'how  is  it  possible  that 
the  Lord  will  deliver  him  into  our 
hands  ?' 

"  'The  Lord  is  mightier  than  all  the 
earth,'  said  Nephi,  patiently,  'and  1 
know  that  if  we  will  keep  His  com- 
mandments He  will  help  us.'  That 
night  Nephi  left  his  brothers  outside 
ot  the  walls  and  crept  into  the  city 
alone.  When  he  got  almost  to  Laban's 
house  whom  should  he  see  but  Laban, 
the  High  Priest,  drunken  with  wine 
and  lymg  on  the  ground?  Putting 
the  High  Priest's  clothes  on  himself, 
Nephi  went  to  the  house;  and  in  La- 
ban's  voice,  commanded  the  servant  to 
get  the  records  and  then  to  follow  him. 
Thinking  Nephi  was  his  master,  the 
.servant,  Zoram,  followed  him.  When 
Nephi's  fbrothers  saw  them  coming 
they  were  afraid  arid  began  to  run, 
for  they  thought  Laban  had  killed 
Nephi  and  was  ,coming  to  kill  them. 
Then  Nephi  spoke  in  his  own  voice  to 
let  them  know  who  he  was,  and — " 
.  "I'll  bet  the  servant  was  surprised !" 
said  Gertrude. 

"Yes,"  said  grandpa,  "he  was  so  sur- 
prised and  frightened  that  he  started 
to  run  back  to  the  city.  But  Nephi, 
who  was  very  strong,  caught  him  and 
told  him  that  he  could  not  go  back, 
but  if  he  would  go  with  them  into  the 
wilderness  they  would  spare  his  life 
and  he  could  live  with  them  as  a 
brother." 

"Did  he  do  it?"  chorused  the  chil- 
dren. 

"Yes,"  said  grandpa,  "he  promised 
to  go  with  them  to  the  Promised  Land. 
So  with  the  records,  and  the  servant 
of  Laban,  Nephi  and  his  brothers  re- 
turned to  the  beautiful  little  valley 
where  their  father  and  mother  were 
waiting  anxiously  for  their  return." 

"It  must  have  been  lonely  for  their 


parents    to    stay    out   there   so    long 
alone,"  said  Gertrude. 

"Yes,"  said  grandpa,  "they  watched, 
prayed  and  waited  for  days,  and  now 
they  were  so  happy  that  Father  Lehi 
built  an  altar  and  offered  sacrifices  to 
the  Lord  and  thanked  Him  tor 
bringing  his  sons  safely  back." 

Memory  Gem 

When  you  know  you're  doing  right, 

Don't  give  up. 
You  will  some  day  win  the  fight, 

Don't  give  up. 
Be  like  Nephi,  brave  and  true, 
Do  the  things  you  ought  to  do. 
Trust  in  God,  He'll  help  you,  too. 

Don't  give  up. 

M\otion  Exercise 

This  is  the  valley  where  now  we  are 

camped. 
This  is  the  river  with  green,  mossy 

banks. 
These  are  the  trees  waving  high  in  the 

air, 
These    are    the    birds    flying   around 

everywhere. 
This  is  the  mountain  so  big  and  so 

grand,  , 

Here's    Lehi's    family — ^God's    chosen 

band. 
These  are  the  tents  in  which  they  all 

sleep. 
Rest,  tired  people,  till  morning  shall 
peep. 

(Motions  may  be  suited  to  the  exer- 
cise.) 

Like  Nephi 

If  I  had  left  Jerusalem 
With  Lehi's  little  band. 
When  Heavenly  Father  guided  them 
Out  to  the  Promised  Land; 
Like  Nephi  I'd  have  tried  to  be — 
Noble  and  brave  and  true, 
Obedient  to  God's  commands, 
Just  think  now,  wouldn't  you? 


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THE  JUVENILE  INSTRUCTOR 


July  igi/ 


Like  Nephi  I'd  have  gone  alone 

Where  none  but  God  could  hear. 

And  in  the  mountain  solitude 

I  would  have  bowed  in  prayer. 

I  would  have  asked  that  He  should 

teach 
Me  what  was  best  to  do. 
And  ever  help  me  on  my  way, 
Be  faithful,  good  and  true. 

It  makes  my  heart  with  courage  swell. 

For  just  a  lad  was  he. 

It  makes  me  happy  just  to  know 

That  like  him  I  might  be. 

I  can  before  my  Father  go 

And  bow  in  humble  prayer, 

And  know  that  as  Nephi  was, 

I'm  in  my  Father's  care. 

(To  be  Continued.) 


Little  Talks   on  the  Gospel 

By  Lula  Greene  Richards 

7 — Other  "Word  of  Wisdom" 
Stories 

The  Fourth  of  July  dawned  fair 
and  bright.  There  was  an  understand- 
ing between  twelve  year  old  Glenn's 
and  ten  year  old  Myrtle's  father  and 
mother  and  Uncle  Rodger  and  his 
folks  that  if  the  weather  held  favor- 
able the  two  families  would  motor  up 
the  canyon  and  enjoy  a  pic-nic  dinner 
in  a  cool,  shady  place  where  the  child- 
ren and  perhaps  their  elders  also  could 
romp  and  play  and  have  fun.  Glenn 
and  his  sister  were  awake  and  hopped 
out  of  bed  at  the  first  peep  of  day. 
Sure  enough,  there  was  Uncle  Rod 
in  his  auto  rolling  up  to  the  house 
with  Aunt  Ella  and  Cousin  Howard. 
The  brother  and  sister  hurried  into 
their  clothes  and  washed  their  faces 
and  hands  and  brushed  their  hair 
quickly.  As  they  ran  into  the  break- 
fast room  where  their  mother  was 
preparing  a  quick  breakfast  to  be  eaten 
before  they  started  out,  the  mother 
spoke  in  a  low  voice  to  Glenn.     She 


put  a  piece  of  money  in  his  hand  and 
told  him  to  run  up  to  the  little  grocery 
store  on  the  corner,  which  would  open 
at  any  time  to  accommodate  people, 
and  to  get  a  small  package  of  "tea." 
Glenn  stared  and  his  mother  explained. 

She  said  Aunt  Ella  and  Uncle  Rod 
had  hurried  of  f  so  early  they  had  tak- 
en nothing  whatever  to  eat  and  drink 
and  now  they  felt  they  could  not  make 
the  canyon  trip  unless  they  had  their 
"cup  of  tea"  which  they  always  took 
in  the  morning.  Glenn  called  his  cous- 
in. "Come  on  Howard,"  he  said,  "This 
will  be  the  first  tea  I  have  ever  pur- 
chased." The  boys  ran  off  laughing, 
the  tea  was  soon  brought,  a  portion 
of  it  steeped  and  all  hands  were  seated 
around  the  table.  And  while  they  were 
eating,  the  father  and  mother  had  a 
conversation  on  the  "Word  of  Wis- 
dom." Uncle  Rod  said  in  a  playful 
way,  "You're  a  better  fellow  than  I 
am,  old  man.  It  just  seems  as  though  I 
can't  get  along  without  my  tea  and 
coffee  and  tobacco  to  brace  me." 

"Let  me  tell  you  a  story,  Rod," 
Glenn's  father  answered.  "When  I 
was  a  youngster,  father  took  me  with 
him  on  a  trip  down  south  in  connection 
with  the  Young  Men's  Mutual  Im- 
provement work.  On  a  Sabbath  morn- 
ing we  attended  Sunday  School  at  Mi- 
nersville  and  the  Bishop  took  us  home 
with  him  for  dinner.  The  Bishop's 
name  was  pronounced  as  though  it 
were  spelled  'Air,'  but  he  spelled  it 
'Eyre.'  At  the  dinner  table  he  told 
us  a  good  Word  of  Wisdom  story. 
He  was  born  in  England  and  had  taken 
tea  all  his  life.  Being  badly  afflicted 
with  asthma,  he  never  had  thought  of 
trying  to  do  without  tea  until  he  heard 
a  sermon  preached  by  President  Brig- 
ham  Young,  which  set  him  to  thinking 
about  it.  He  quoted  President  Young 
as  having  said,  *If  the  Saints  cannot 
live  without  tea,  coffee,  whiskey,  beer, 
tobacco,  etc.,  they  can  die  without 
them.  If  we  had  the  determination 
that  we  should  have,  we  would  live 
without  them  or  die  without  them.* 
Bishop  Eyre  said  when  he  heard  that, 


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LITTLE  TALKS  ON  THE  GOSPEL 


409 


with  much  more  on  the  subject,  from 
the.  Prophet  of  the  Lord,  he  formed 
in  his  heart  and  mind  a  strong  resolu- 
tion that  from  that  time  he  would  keep 
the  Word  of  Wisdom  as  the  Prophet 
had  explained  it,  and  if  doing  without 
tea  caused  his  death,  he  would  die. 
He  kept  that  resolution  strictly.  But 
instead  of  dying  he  steadily  increased 
in  health  and  strength,  and  very  soon 
the  asthma  left  him,  much  to  his  aston- 
ishment and  gratification." 

Uncle  Rod's  comment  on  the  story 
was  that  it  was  a  good  one  and  he 
would  be  glad  if  he  could  make  one 
as  good  about  hhnself  and  have  it  the 
truth. 

The  little  crowd  of  Fourth  of  July 
merry-makers  soon  climbed  into  Uncle 
Rod's  fine,  large  auto  with  their  boxes 
and  buckets  of  pic-nic  and  were  all 
comfortably  seated.  The  morning  ride 
far  up  the  beautiful  canyon  was  very 
delightful.  There  was  just  one  thing 
which  marred,  in  a  measure,  the  plea- 
sure of  it  all  for  a  little  more,  at  least, 
than  one-half  of  the  pleasant  company. 
That  one  objectionable  feature  was 
Uncle  Rod's  tobacco  smoke  which  cir- 
cled about  and  blew  into  their  faces, 
polluting  the  fresh,  pure  air  which  they 
would  have  so  enjoyed  breathing  with- 
out the  offensive  poisoning.  Uncle 
Rod,  however,  was  a  careful,  sensible 
driver  of  the  car,  and  one  of  the  kind- 
est hearted  men  in  the  world ;  and  the 
children  found  plenty  to  talk  about  and 
laugh  over,  paying  little  attention  to 
anything  of  a  disagreeable  nature. 

When  they  found  a  nice  camping 
place  near  the  stream  of  clear,  cold 
water  which  coursed  down  the  canyon, 
the  auto  was  stopped  in  a  convenient 
spot  and  the  children  were  soon  scranh 
bling  over  the  rocks  and  bunting 
among  the  bushes  and  trees  for  ser- 
vice berries  or  choke  cherries.  Myrtle 
ran  about  and  picked  flowers  not  far 
from  the  older  folks,  but  the  two  boys 
put  forth  their  energies  and  climbed 
away  up  the  mountain  side,  quite  a 
distance  from  the  others.     There  they 


stopped  and  rested  for  a  .short  time. 

Myrtle  was  watching  them  and  after 
a  little  while  she  called  to  the  older 
folks,  telling  them  the  boys  were  try 
ing  to  do  athletic  stunts  up  there  anu 
they  should  not,  it  was  too  steep.  *'0, 
look !"  she  screamed  as  a  low  rumbling 
sound  reached  their  ears. 

Glenn  had  somehow  tumbled  onto  or 
against  a  rock  several  times  larger  than 
himself  which  being  loose  on  the 
ground,  started  rolling  and  bouncing 
down  the  mountain  side.  A  bush  grow- 
ing at  the  edge  of  the  rock,  adhered 
to  it  and  went  with  it,  and  the  serious- 
ness and  frightfulness  of  it  was  that 
the  boy  entangled  in  the  brush  was 
being  rolled,  tumbled  and  tossed  along 
with  the  rock  in  a  mysterious  way 
which  seemed  to  portend  his  certain 
death. 

Both  of  the  women  screamed  and 
Glenn's  mother  reached  her  hands  to- 
ward  her   husband   exclaiming,   "Oh, 
father — save  our  boy !"  The  two  men 
started  towards  the  bounding  rock  and 
boy,  but  Glenn's  father  said,  "Stay  by 
the  women,  Rod,  and  keep  them  from 
fainting   if    you    can — I    will    get   the 
boy !"  Howard  was  dashing  down  the 
mountain  as  fast  as  he  could  and  keep 
his  feet  under  him.     The  rock  struck 
a  larger  one  than  itself  which  being 
partly  imbedded  in  the  earth,  stopped 
the  other's  rolling  with  a  loud  crash. 
Fortunately,  Glenn  was  thrown  to  one 
side  instead  of  being  crushed  between 
the  rocks.     Flis  father  picked  up  the 
limp  and  seemmgly  lifeless  form  and 
carried  it  to  the  group  near  the  auto. 
To  all  human  appearance,  Glenn  was 
dead.     "Glenn — Glenn,  my  poor,  dear, 
dead  bov!"  wailed  the  stricken  moth- 
er.     "Don't    cry   that   way,    mother !" 
pleaded     Myrtle.     "You     and     father 
didn't  drink  any  tea  this  morning,  did 
you?"     "No!"   the  mother  answered. 
"And  father  hasn't  smoked  with  Uncle 
Rod,    has    he?"    the    child    continued. 
"No!"  was  again  the  mother's  reply. 
"Well  then,  let  us  pray  for  Glenn — 
he    is    not   dead — and    the    Lord    will 


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raise  him  up !"  spoke  out  Myrtle  in  a 
voice  so  full  of  trust  and  confidence 
that  it  inspired  faith  in  the  hearts  of 
all  her  listeners.  "The  father  said, 
"Let  us  administer  to  the  bov,  Rod- 
ger,"  and  the  two  men  laid  their  hands 
upon  Glenn's  head. 

The  father  first  breathed  a  short, 
special,  pleading  prayer  for  the  re- 
storation of  his  son.  Then  Uncle  Rod 
being  requested  to  continue  the  peti- 
tion, spoke  in  deep  humility,  asking 
forgiveness  for  his  own  failings  and 
that  the  faithfulness  of  Glenn's  par- 
ents might  be  favorably  considered. 
While  Uncle  Rod  was  speaking,  Glenn 
opened  his  eyes,  and  when  the  "Amen" 
was  pronounced,  the  boy  sat  up  and 
spoke.  "Has  anything  happened — was 
anyone  hurt,"  he  asked. 

Glenn's  mother  clasped  him  more 
closely  in  her  arms,  sobbing  out  grati- 
tude to  the  great  and  merciful  Restor- 
er. ■  "Oh,  mother—"  said  Myrtle, 
clinging  to  her  and  Glenn,  "I  am  so 
glad  none  of  us  use  things  which  the 
Lord  tells  us  are  not  good  for  us !" 

Uncle  Rod  gently  drew  Myrtle  to 
■him  and  kissing  her  bright,  animated 
face,  he  said  tearfully,  "Little  angel! 
Neither  myself  or  my  family  are  going 
to  use  any  of  those  forbidden  things 
after  this  wonderful  Fourth  of  July !" 

And  he  and  his  family  are  making 
that  sacred  promise  come  true. 

Glenn  had  received  a  terrible,  al- 
most fatal  shock,  but  was  otherwise 
uninjured  and  soon  became  normal 
again  and  ready  to  joke  and  laugh  with 
the  others,  though  he  looked  pale  for 
a  while. 

{Talks  to  he  Continued.) 

The  Baptism  of  Samuel  Warner 

By  Minnie  Iverson  Hodapp 

Chapter  IX 

Rosalia's  departure  to  Utah  left  Sam 
very  lonely. 

"T  know  how  it  feels,"  said  Elder 


Gardner  to  Sam.  I've  been  away  from 
Alice  a  year  and  a  half." 

"Do  you  mean  to  say  you  left  your 
Sweetheart  to  come  down  here?" 

"Yes.  Of  course  she  was  perfectly 
willing.  A  Latter-day  S^int  girl  is 
usually  willing  to  have  her  lover  fulfil 
a  mission.  She  looks  upon  it  as  a 
blessing.  Besides,  Alice  is  attending 
college  during  my  absence." 

"Then  she  may  get  acquainted  with 
Rosalie,"  said  Sam  joyfully.  "How  I 
do  hope  they  meet  one  another  and 
become  real  sisters.  Rosalie  intends 
to  attend  the  Church  school  at  least 
a  year." 

"Do  you  expect  to  wait  until  she 
returns  before  you  are  baptized?"  ask- 
ed Elder  Gardner.  "You  know,  Sam, 
six  months  ago  you  felt  as  though  you 
could  not  wait.  A  delay  on  your  part 
may  breed  remorse.  Then  too,  you 
may  encounter  a  stumbling  block.  That 
won't  be  pleasant." 

"In  other  words,"  said  Sam,  "you 
mean  to  say  that  I  may  yet  have  a 
fight  with  myself  before  I  can  make 
up  my  mind  to  be  baptized." 

"That  is  exactly  what  I  mean,"  re-  > 
turned  Elder  Gardner. 

"The  fight  to  which  you  refer  has 
already  begun,"  said  Sam.  "It  com- 
menced the  day  I  came  of  age  and  re- 
ceived that  five  thousand  dollars 
vouch-safed  to  me  in  my  father's  will. 
Grandmother  suggested  that  five  hun- 
dred of  those  five  thousand  dollars 
belong  to  the  Lord.  She  said  that  I 
ought  to  pay  it  in  tithing.  The  thought 
was  a  blow  to  me.  I  thought  I  under- 
stood tithing  before  this  money  came. 
The  law  of  giving  one  tenth  of  one's 
earnings  into  the  treasury  of  the 
Church  looked  consistent  to  me,  but 
since  this  money  came  I  am  a  changed 
man.  I  simply  cannot  think  of  part- 
ing with  any  of  this  money.  I  intend 
to  save  it  for  a  home  for  me  ana 
RosaHe." 

"Naturally  I  would  expect  you  to 
cling  to  your  money,"  replied  Elder 
Gardner.     You've  missed  the  training 


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we  young  Latter-day  Saints  receive. 
I  remember  the  first  dollar  I  ever 
earned.  Mother  sent  me  to  the  bishop 
with  one  dime  that  very  day.  She  was 
very  particular  to  impress  upon  me  the 
law  of  the  tithe.  Then  when  I  grew 
up  I  farmed  for  father  one  summer. 
We  received  an  immense  beet  check 
in  the  fall.  I  did  not  hesitate  paying 
the  one-tenth  into  the  custody  of  the 
bishop.  In  truth  it  seemed  the  only 
right  way  for  me  to  do.  Had  I 
neglected  the  privilege  I  should  have 
felt  very  uneasy." 

"Privilege  !"  exclaimed  Sam.  "You 
folks  have  a  way  of  inter-changing  the 
word  duty  and  privilege  as  if  each 
meant  exactly  the  same  thing.  I  pre- 
sume you  would  say  it  was  a  privi- 
lege to  quit  using  tobacco." 

"You  are  entitled  to  all  the  health 
blessings  you  can  obey,"  rephed  Elder 
Gardner. 

"You  even  go  into  detail,  regarding 
such  little  things  as  tea  and  coffee," 
continued  Sam. 

"Yes,  but  of  course,  that  is  not 
really  a  severe  test,"  said  Elder  Gard- 
ner. "Even  a  weak  person  can  learn 
to  do  without  hot  drinks.  He  can 
also  learn  which  food  is  for  the  use 
of  man  and  which  is  designated  for 
cattle.  That  is  not  at  all  difficult, 
you  will  agree." 

Sam   smiled   in   spite  of   himself. 

"In  accepting  Mormonism  there  is 
so  much  to  give  up !"  said  he. 

"Tn  accepting  Mormonism  there  is 
so  much  to  gain !"  said  Elder  Gardner. 
"My  mission  is  costing  me  a  great 
sum  of  money.  I  am  glad  to  be  able 
to  spend  it  in  the  service  of  the  Lord." 

Sam  looked  surprised.  He  was  be- 
ginning to  sense  that  sacrifice  can  be 
made  very  sweet  to  the  soul. 

"I  have  a  lot  to  learn,"  said  Samuel. 
"Sometimes  I  feel  that  baptism  is  too 
big  an  obligation  for  me." 

"It  is  an  obligation  that  will  seem 
bigger  and  bigger  as  you  continue  to 
postpone  it,"  said  Elder  Gardner.  "A 
prospective  saint  should  know  that  his 


course  is  pleasing  unto  God.  Other- 
wise he  will  certainly  falter.  Then  too, 
there  are  other  points  of  eslsential 
knowledge.  You  should  know  that 
God  is  no  respecter  of  persons,  but 
that  any  man  in  any  land  is  accepted 
of  Him  according  to  his  faith  and 
works.  Faith,  being  the  foundation  of 
all  righteousness,  it  is  pleasing  unto 
God  that  each  person  should  exercise 
faith  in  Hirn.  A  prospective  saint 
should  know  the  attributes  of  the  true 
and  living  God — that  He  is  a  God  of 
truth  and  cannot  lie.  He  is  full  of 
justice,  mercy,  love." 

Sam  felt  greatly  strengthened  after 
this  conference  with  Elder  Gardner. 
He  felt  more  comforted  when  Rosa- 
lie wrote: 

"I  am  thoroughly  investigating  the 
gospel  of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ 
of  Latter-day  Saints ;  and.  little  by 
little,  I  am  gaining  a  testimony  of  the 
same.  This  Church  college  is  a  glor- 
ious institution,  Sam.  Won't  you 
please  try  to  come  and  visit  it?" 


Chapter  X 

When  Elder  Gardner  had  been  in 
Texas  more  than  two  years  he  received 
his  release  to  return  home  to  Utah. 
This  was  a  very  happy  event,  especi- 
ally since  Alice  Snow,  his  Sweetheart, 
had  come  to  Texas  to  meet  him.  Up- 
on seeing  his  dear  one  again.  Elder 
Gardner  was  overjoyed.  To  him.  Alice 
looked  more  modest  and  sfentle  and 
womanly  than  ever  before.  Her  brown 
eyes  shione  with  a  quiet  lustre.  Her 
dark  hair  lay  in  smooth  waves  above 
her  fair  brow.  Her  cheeks  were  roses, 
her   smiles  playful   sunbeams. 

"I  want  to  meet  Grandma  Warner." 
said  Ahce.  "I've  a  message  for  her 
from  Rosalie  Adams." 

Dear  old  Grandma  Warner  was  cap- 
tivated with  Alice's  ways — her  inform- 
al sweetness.  The  girl  Dlaced  both 
^rms  around  Grandma  and  whispered: 
"Rosalie  sends  her  love  to  vou,  also 


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good  tidings  of  great  joy.    She  is  bap- 
tized into  the  L.  D.  S.  Church." 

Grandma  Warner's  face  beamed  with 
joy.  She  held  AHce  close  and  said, 
"How  thankful  we  should  all  be,  es- 
pecially Sam." 

"Say  nothing  to  Sam  about  it," 
said  Alice.  "Rosalie  says  her  gospel 
conversion  was  dearly  bought  victory. 
She  paid  the  price  in  faith  and  re- 
search and  prayer.  She  wishes  Sam 
to  think  for  himself,  choose  for  him- 
self, act  for  himself.  Therefore,  the 
news  of  her  own  baptism  must  be 
kept  a  profound  secret." 

"I  see,"  said  Grandma.  "It  is  best 
to  do  as  Rosalie  wishes.  If  Sam  is  to 
hold  onto  his  testimony  and  win  out, 
he'll  have  to  pay  the  price  himself.  No 
one  can  do  it  for  him." 

"And  now  Grandma,"  said  Elder 
Gardner,  "if  you  desire  to  be  baptized 
for  yourself  and  not  for  Sam's  sake, 
there  is  no  reason  why  we  should  not 
attend  to  it  at' once." 

Gi-andma  was  happy  for  this  sug- 
gestion. Alice  helped  her  get  ready 
and  that  afternoon  she  was  baptized. 
Elder  Gardner  officiating  in  the  water 
and  Elders  Hart  and  Gardner  per- 
forming the  confirmation  or  "laying 
on  of  hands  for  the  Gift  of  the  Holy 
Ghost."  Grandma  understood  these 
ordinances  quite  clearly,  for  she  had 
often  read  how  Jesus  was  baptized  by 
John  in  the  River  Jordan:  Thankful 
was  she  that  the  authority  to  thus 
ofBciate  had  been  restored  to  earth 
through  the  Prophet  Joseph  Smith. 
She  felt  that  her  baptism  was  not  an 
empty  form,  but  a  sacred  ordinance 
vivid  with  power  and  meaning. 

"I  am  now  a  Latter-day  Saint  in 
the  full  meaning  of  the  term,"  said 
she  to  Sam  when  he  returned  home 
that  evening. 

"Have  you  really  been  baptized, 
Grandma?  If  so,  I  congratulate  you. 
It  is  a  step  in  eternal  advancement. 
I  only  wish  I  had  accomplished  that 
step  myself." 

Sam  seemed  seized  with  conflicting 


emotions.  Tears  rolled  down  his  cheeks 
as  he  said,  "I  am  a  faltering  candidate. 
Yet  I  know  baptism  is  essential  for 
salvation.  I  know,  too,  that  it  is  pleas- 
ing unto  God." 

"What  then,  is  holding  you  back?" 
asked  Elder  Gardner. 

"The  sense  of  my  own  littleness."     - 

"Anything  else?" 

"Nothing  else.  I  have  given  Rosalie 
ample  time  to  investigate  the  gospel.  If 
she  still  opposes  my  cherished  religion. 
I  am  prepared  to  give  her  up  in  prefer- 
ence to  it.  I  shall  not  stand  in  my  own 
light  any  longer." 

Elder  Gardner  and  Alice  exchanged 
significant  glances  but  spoke  not  a 
word. 

Taking  out  a  booklet  from  his  pock- 
et. Elder  Gardner  turned  to  the  teach- 
ings of  Joseph  Smith  and  read  aloud : 

"To  be  a  Latter-day  Saint  requires 
sacrifice  of  worldly  aims  and  pleas- 
ures; requires  fidelity,  strength  of 
character,  love  of  truth,  integrity  to 
principle,  and  zealous  desire  to  see 
the  triumphant  march  of  truth. 

"There  is  no  other  way  beneath  the 
heaven  that  God  hath  ordained  for 
man  to  come  to  Him,  except  through 
faith  in  Jesus  Christ,  repentance  and 
baptism  for  the  remission  of  sins ; 
then  follows  the  promise  of  the  gift 
of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Any  other  course 
is  in  vain." 

"When  are  you  going  to  begin  your 
homeward  trip?"  asked  Sam  of  Elder 
Gardner. 

"In  two  days,"  he  replied,  looking 
earnestly  at  Sam. 

"Will  you  please  baptize  me  tomor- 
row. Elder  Gardner?"  asked  Sam. 

"It  is  the  one  opportunity  for  which 
I  have  been  waiting  and  hoping,"  re- 
plied the  young  elder  smilingly.  Meet 
me  in  the  little  grove  tomorrow  morn- 
ing at  nine." 

Precisely  at  the  appointed  hour, 
Sam.  Grandma  .Warner,  and  Alice 
stood  waiting  on  the  bank  of  the 
smoothly-winding  river.  Like  a  mir- 
ror it  shown  smiling  to  greet  them. 


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413 


Soon  Elders  Gardner  and  Hart  ar- 
rived. The  ordinance  of  baptism  fol- 
lowed by  the  laying  on  of  hands  for 
the  Gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  was  duly 
performed  for  Samuel  Warner.  His 
loving  heart  was  surcharged  with 
gratitude  as  he  uttered  the  words  of 
our  Savior,  "Except  a  man  be  bom  of 
the  water  and  of  the  Spirit,  he  cannot 
enter  into  the  Kingdom  of  God." 

An  influence  of  joy  and  peace  rested 
upon  Sam  as  he  walked  serenely  home- 
ward. 

(The  End) 


SOLDIER  BOY 

Bravely  marched  the  soldier  boys, 

At  the  battle's  call, 
Keeping  safe  our  greatest  joys, 

Country,  home,  and  all. 

Rubber  Stamp  Stories 

July 

Jack  found  one  rubber  stamp  that 
he  liked  very  much. 

It  made  a  picture  of  a  soldier. 

The  soldier  was  holding  a  gun 
against  his  shoulder  and  standing  very 
straight. 

Jack  thought  he  would  like  to  have 
a  gun. 

He  told  his  mother  that  he  would 
like  to  be  a  soldier  when  he  grew  big. 

His  mother  said: 

"Soldiers  .have  to  be  very  brave. 


They  often  march  over  long  dusty 
roads  in  the  hot  sun. 

They  carry  heavy  packs  of  blankets 
and  other  supplies. 

They  have  to  fight  when  it  is  wet 
and   cold. 

Sometimes  they  don't  have  enough 
sleep  for  many  days. 

In  battles  many  of  them  are  killed 
and   others   wounded. 

Some  of  them  are  blinded  and  some 
crippled   for  life. 

We  are  grateful  because  they  endure 
all  this  for  us. 

They  protect  us  from  danger  and 
keep  us  free. 

On  the  Fourth  of  July,  we  always 
think  of  fthe  soldiers. 

That  was  the  day  our  country  de- 
clared itself  free. 

Then  soldiers  had  to  fight  to  prove 
that  we  could  stay  free. 

We  can't  all  fight  in  armies. 

But  even  little  boys  can  be  brave 
like  soldiers  every  day. 

Because  it  takes  courage  to  do  what 

is  right." 

Jack  said:  "I'll  play  I'm  a  soldier 
and  do  what  is  right  while  I'm  small." 

He  often  said  his  mother's  rhyme 
about  the  Soldier  Boy  so  it  would  help 
him  remember  to  be  brave  and  do 
right. 

Panchito  and  Polly 
By  Olive  F.  Woolley  Burt 
Panchito  Becomes  a  Nurse 

Mrs.  Happy  was  having  company. 
Several  very  timid  ladies  had  met  to 
spend  the  afternoon  sewing.  To  save 
them  from  a  possible  scare,  Mrs.  Hap- 
py had  tied  Panchito  out  of  doors. 
Then  she  had  forgotten  all  about  him. 

Toward  the  middle  of  the  afternoon, 
they  were  all  startled  by  the  sound  of 
screams  coming  from  the  house  next 
door.  Mrs.  Happy  rushed  out  and 
saw  her  neighbor  running  wildly  to- 
ward the  street    She  was  screaming 


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July  1927 


and  pointing  towards  her  house.    Mrs. 
Happy  ran  to  her. 

"Whatever  is  the  matter?"  asked 
Mrs.  Happy. 

"Oh,  come!"  cried  the  younger  wo- 
man.   "Do  come  and  take  him  away !" 

Mrs.  Happy  din't  wait  to  ask  any 
more  questions.  She  hurried  into  the 
house  and  then  she  saw  who  the  in- 
truder was  and  why  the  woman  was 
so  frightened.  For,  perched  on  one 
side  of  the  cradle  sat  Panchito.  He 
was  swaying  his  body  in  such  a  way 
that  he  rocked  the  cradle  back  and 
forth,  back  and  forth.  He  had  stolen 
the  baby's  bottle  and  was  taking  a 
lunch  of  milk  while  he  rocked  the  cry- 
ing child. 

Mrs.  Happy  gave  one  stern  com- 
mand and  the  naughty  monkey  drop- 
ped the  bottle  and  scampered  away. 
He  knew  that  he  deserved  punishment, 
so  he  ran  and  hid.  He  slipped  through 
the  first  open  door  into  a  room  where 
an  older  child  of  the  family  was  tak- 
ing a  nap.  Into  the  bed  crawled  Pan- 
chito, pulling  the  cover  up  over  his 
head. 

Mrs.  Happy  and  the  mother  of  the 
children  came  into  the  room. 

"I  know  he  is  here,"  said  the  mother. 

"And  I  can  guess  where  he  is,"  Mrs. 
Happy  answered. 

Just  then  Panchito  stuck  his  nose 
up  from  under  the  covers  and  looked 
around.  He  looked  so  comical  peek- 
ing at  them  with  a  half -ashamed  look 
on  his  little  wrinkled  face,  that  both 
women  had  to  smile.  Panchito,  see- 
ing the  smile,  sneaked  out  of  bed  and 
crept  guiltily  to  Mrs.  Happy's  feet. 

"Don't  punish  him  severely,"  begged 
the  young  woman.  "He  didn't  know 
how  he  would  frighten  me.  And  he  is 
really  a  good  monkey.  Why,  he  never 
even  tried  to  hurt  baby  or  Bobby,  I 
can  forgive  his  joke." 

But  Mrs.  Happy  took  Panchito 
home,  and  someway  gave  him  to  un- 
derstand that  be  must  never  do  this 
again. 

The  End 


The  Rainbow  and  the  Four  Winds 

By  Princess  Atalie 

Once  there  were  only  little  Red  chil- 
dren in  our  land. 

This  was  long  before  the  white  peo- 
ple came  to  this  country. 

Those  little  Red  children  used  to  tell 
each  other  very  beautiful  stories  about 
the  moon,  the  sun  and  the  stars.  They 
called  the  winds  their  brothers,  and 
they  talked  to  the  trees  and  flowers  and 
hills;  and  believed  they  knew  what 
each  was  saying. 

The  little  Red  children  had  five 
wooden  blocks,  conical  in  shape,  and 
cut  to  fit  one  on  top  of  the  other,  thus 
forming  a  pyramid.  Now  each  block 
was  painted  a  certain  color  that  was 
made  from  dyes.  These  dyes  were 
made  by  boiling  roots,  berries  and 
barks  from  the  trees.  The  lower  block 
was  painted  red;  the  second  blue;  the 
third  green ;  the  fourth  orange,  and  the 
fifth  or  top  one  was  yellow;  these  five 
colors  represented  the  colors  of  the 
rainbow. 

The  little  Red  children's  parents 
taught  them  to  symbolize  the  colors  of 
their  books  by  signs  or  drawings.  The 
red  represented  fire,  so  the  child  drew 
three  pointed  jets  ;  blue  represented  the 
sky  or  water;  so  he  drew  a  horizon 
and  waves;  green  was  represented  by 
a  tree;  orange  represented  the  sunset 
and  yellow  was  the  sun  at  noon.  This 
completed  the  pyramid  and  formed  a 
perfect  rainbow  of  colors. 

Just  after  the  East  Wind  had  chased 
the  darkness  down  the  valley,  he  shot 
his  silver  arrows  and  painted  the 
clouds  of  morning.  He  then  called  the 
West  Wind,  who  was  strong  and 
powerful,  to  drive  the  rain-clouds 
away.  The  little  Red  "children  loved 
the  West  Wind  for  he  brought  the  sun- 
shine and  the  blue  sky.  But  then  there 
was  the  South  Wind  who  was  dreamy 
and  drowsy,  but  the  Robins  and  the 
Blue  Bird's  loved  him  because  he 
brought  the  grapes  and  yellow  melons. 

The  little  Red  children  loved  him, 


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too,  because  he  brought  raindrops  large 
and  silver.  Then  he  would  hide  be- 
neath some  vines  and  smoke  the  pipe 
of  peace. 

The  smoke  would  roll  and  curl 
northward  and  form  a  band  of  beau- 
tiful colors  of  the  rainbow  and  stretch 
clear  across  the  sky. 

Then  the  Red  children  would  look 
at  their  blocks  and  remember  the  beau- 
tiful colors  that  they  could  now  see  far 
up  in  the  sky  in  the  form  of  a  Rain- 
bow. 

Now  the  North  Wind  cast  a  shadow 
over  the  dreamy  Indian  Summer  and 
brought  large  snow  drifts  from  his 
lodge  of  ice-cicles. 

He  ran  howling  and  shrieking  down 
the  valley  and  covered  the  whole  earth 
with  snow,  and  the  little  Red  children 
loved  these  Winds  for  they  were  all 
brothers. 

Boys  Who  "Made  Good" 

By  John  F.  Cowan 

Ah  Feng — ^The  Cook  Who  Became 
Captain 

When  I  first  met  him  he  was  a 
barefooted  Chinese  cook  boy  in 
Hawaii.  His  m)other  was  a  coolie 
vegetable  peddler.  He  had  just  fin- 
ished the  grammar  school,  and  was 
saving  money  to  enter  high  school.  He 
helped  in  a  night  school  for  Filipinos ; 
worked  during  spare  moments  at  type 
setting.  Then  he  entered  high  school 
working  his  way  by  doing  housework. 
He  graduated  with  honors,  winning 
a  college  scholarship.  He  made  the 
acquaintance  of  Dr.  Sun  Yat  Sen,  later 
president  of  the  Southern  Chinese  Re- 
public, then  in  Hawaii. 

Then  we  entered  the  World  War. 
He  tore  his  scholarship  into  bits  and 
entered  an  officers'  training  camp, 
where  his  yellow  skin  and  almond  eyes 
were  against  him.  But  he  won  a  com- 
mission, where  some  Caucasian  rivals 


failed.  He  was  assigned  to  training 
recruits ;  later  promoted  to  a  captaincy. 
His  community  was  so  proud  that  a 
siibscription  was  made,  by  Caucasians 
as  well  as  Orientals,  to  present  him 
with  a  gold-hilted  sword  as  he  left  for 
France. 

There  he  was  detailed  in  charge  of 
some  of  the  300,000  coolies  whom 
China  sent  to  labor  and  release  allied 
fighting  men  for  the  trenches.  He 
insisted  on  fair  play  for  his  country- 
men and  won  their  hearts. 

After  the  armistice  we  lost  sight  of 
Captain  Feng  until  his  former  em- 
ployer, traveling  in  China,  was  alarmed 
to  find  himself  between  two  opposing 
armies,  and  the  railroad  torn  up  so 
that  he  could  neither  advance  nor  go 
back  to  Canton.  He  set  out  to  walk, 
but  under  hot  cross  fire  was  wounded, 
and  in  peril.  He  was  about  to  give 
himself  up  as  lost  when  out  of  the 
smoke  of  battle  roared  a  motorcycle. 
The  rider  saw  him  and  drew  near. 
What  was  the  relief  of  the  wounded 
man  to  recognize  his  former  Hawauan 
cook,  now  Col.  Feng,  of  Sun  Yat  Sen's 
army.  Recognition  was  mutual,  then 
a  safe  retreat  on  the  motorcycle,  to 
Col.  Feng's  regiment  of  former  coolies 
in  France. 

It  sounds  like  romance ;  but  life  is 
full  of  romance  for  the  determined, 
ambitious,  hard-working  boy — not  war 
romance  ever  again,  we  hope ;  but 
achievement  in  business,  citizenshi]'^. 
Christian  character. 


Busy  Growling 

Little  Mary:  "Why  do  they  kee-o 
lions  at  the  Central  telephone  office?" 

Teacher:  "Why  do  you  ask  such  a 
question,  Mary?" 

Mary :  "Well,  when  I  call  my  papa, 
sometimes  the  Central  girl  says,  "The 
lion  is  busy." 


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Ten-Year-Old  Thoughts  On  Independence  Day 

If  I'd  a-been  George  Washington  that  first  Fourth-o-July, 

And  rode  a  prancing  charger  with  a  wild  and  wicked  eye, 

And  every  time  I  heaved  in  sigiht  the  streets  would  ring  with  cheers, 

Nobody  would  a-dared  to  say,  "Did  y'  wash  behind  your  ears?" 

If  I'd  a-been  brave  Paul  Revere  and  took  that  glorious  ride, 

And  got  in  all  the  Histories,  and  had  the  fun  beside, 

Folks  would  a-said  witlh  gratitude,  "God  bless  you,  Paul  Revere!" 

Not,  "Did  you  brush  and  comb  your  hair,  and  use  your  tooth-brush,  dear?" 

If  I'd  a-been  at  Valley  Forge,  and  made  the  Red-coats  run, 
And  led  our  troops  to  victory  with  noble  Washington, 
I  bet  you,  as  our  bleeding  feet  marked  out  sweet  Freedom's  path 
Nobody  would  a-hollered  out,  "Come  in,  and  take  your  bath!" 

I  bet  when  those  old  heroes  did  some  deed  for  Liberty, 

Like  chuckin'  in  the  ocean  all  them  casks  of  British  tea, 

When  they  went  marching  home  again,  swelled  up  with  pride  and  joy. 

Nobody  spoiled  it  with  dhe  squeal,  "My,  what  a  dirty  boy!" 

— Estelle  Webb  Thomas. 


The  Budget  Box  is  written  entirely  by  children  under  seventeen  years  jof  age. 
To  encourage  them,  the  "Juvenile  Instructor"  offers  book  prizes  for  the  following: 

Best  original  verses  of  not  to  exceed  twenty  lines,  i 

Best  original  stories  of  not  to  exceed  three  hundred  words. 

Best  amateur  photographs,  any  size. 

Best  original  drawings,  black  and  white. 

Every  contribution  must  bear  the  name,  age  and  address  of  the  sender,  and 
must  be  endorsed  by  teacher,  parent  or  guardian  as  original. 

Verses  or  stories  should  be  written  on  one  side  of  the  "paper  only.  Drawings 
must  be  black  and  white  on  plain  white  paper,  and  must  not  be  folded., 

Address:  The  Children'^s  Budget  Box,  "Juvenile  Instructor/'  47  Bast  South 
Temple  Street,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 


Mother 

Mother,  with  eyes  of  deepest  blue, 
Mother^  whose  hopes  are  all  in  you, 
Mother,  who  fondled  you  in  your  bed 
After  the  infant  prayer  was  said. 

Mother  works  so  hard  all  day, 
Mother  never  has  time  to  play; 
Working,  working-,  all  day  long 
On  her  lips  a  happy  song. 

Mother,  I'll  try  and  do  my  best 
I'll  start  all  over  with  new  zest, 
Try  to  help  your  work  along 
Try  to  sing  that  happy  song. 
Age  12.  Beatrice  Smith, 

R.  F.  D.  Route  1,  Box  81 
Duncan,  Arizona 

Lady  April 

Lady  April  looked  around. 

In  a  little,   frightene  dway. 
Old  March  Wind  was  blowing, 

And  she  saw  the  bushes  sway. 
Brother  Robin  said,  "Lady  April, 

You  mean  the  world  to  me, 
For  when  you  come  the  flowers  come. 

And  skies  are  blue  as  can  be." 


When  March  Wind  saw  Lady  April, 

He  softly  crept  away 
And  called  to  Jack  Frost  to  follow 
Saying,  "We  must  leave  today." 
Age  10.  Lucille  Underwood, 

2541  Fowler  Ave., 

Ogden,  Utah 


Age  14. 


"PALS" 

Photo  by  Fay  Herbert 

Sallna,  Utab 


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Age  1({. 


LITTLE    BRYCE     CAjVYON 
I'hoto  toy  Sidoiiia  Anderson 


Box  13,  Mantl,  Utah 


Spring 

Spring  comes  tripping  like  a  fairy, 
O'er,  the  fields  and  valleys  bare, 
Spreading  colors  bright  and  airy, 
Flowered  carpets  everywhere. 

Merry  breezes  ;Softly  whisper 
To  the  poplar  tall  and  fair, 
Trying  teasingly  to  kiss  her 
Shakes   the  tassels   from   her  hair. 

And  the  laughing  brooklet  splashing, 
Merrily  goes  singing  by. 
Over  pebbles  brightly  flashing 
'Neath  the  sunny  April  sky. 

Hear  the  squirrel's'  merry  chatter 
As  he  romps  around  with  glee, 
And  his  little  feet  go  patter 
Up  the  branches  of  his  tree. 

Hear  the  farmer's  glad  rejoicing, 
As  he  plows  the  soft,  brown  earth, 
Hopes  of  harvest  he  is  voicing 
In  the  fullness  of  his  mirth. 

Age  ,11.  Ruthjudd, 

La  Verkin,  Utah 


The  Story  of  My  Doll 

I  have  the  cutest  little  doll  you  ever 
saw.  Her  name  is  Erma.  Every 
morning  I  get  Erma  all  dressed  up. 
On  Sunday,  I  dress  her  in  her  best 
clothes  to  go  to  Sunday  School.  I 
love  my  doll  dearly.  She  came  across 
the  ocean  to  me  before  I  was  born.  My 
daddy  brought  her  to  me  from  Holland 


when  he  came  home  from  his  mission. 
She  is  fourteen  years  old.  I  like  my 
little  Dutch  doll. 

Age  7 .  Helen  Dorothy  Romney, 

27  West  39th  South 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 


The  Biggest  Mistake 

Miss  Patty  Prim  takes  the  cake 

For  making  the  biggest  mistake. 

Other  prizes  she's  won, 

But  not  with  such  fun. 

As  the  one  that  this  time  she  did  take. 

She  glanced  through  a  good  magazine 

The  best  that  is  not  on  the  screen, 

A  name  she  did  see, 

And   she  wrote  cheerily, 

To  a  boy  whom  she  never  had  seen. 

He  wasn't  called  Emery  or  Earl; 

His  name  was  not  P'eter  or  Merl ; 

Her  answer  came  back 

To  her  sunny  south  shack. 

And  she  found  that  her  boy  was  a  girl. 

Age  15.  Roxey  Nickers  on, 

Grantsville.  Utah 


PHOTO    BY    CLAYTON   VAUDREY 
Age  12.  Draper,  TJtaU 


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The  Daisy 

The  Daisy  is  a  flower  of  Spring 
Out  in  the  garden  growing, 

The  iBlue  Bells  in  the  distant  ring, 
With  the  Cowslips  feeble  lowing. 

The  Daisy's  face  is  a  golden  ring, 
With  white  curls  all  aglowing, 

It's  dress  is  of  a  shiny  green, 
Out  in  the  garden  growing. 

Some  are  white  and  some  are  pink 
And  some  are  golden  yellow, 

They  suck  the  dew  drops    for   their 
drink, 
And  honey  so  soft  and  mellow. 

The  Daisy  always  brings  us  joy, 
On  through  this  world  of  strife, 

And  with  it  many  a  girl  or  boy 
Is  happy  all  through  life. 

Age  12.  Jennie  Had  ford, 

Qearfield,  Utah 


HOW    PROUD    I    AM! 

Flioto   by   Vella   SmltU 

No.  6,  Box  53  Sublet,  Wyo. 

Western  Calls 

Out  where  the  western  breezes  blow, 
Out  where  the  covered  wagons  go; 
Where  waterfalls  with  queenly  grace 
Are  treasures  found  of  a  dying  race. 
Over  the  plains  and  mountains  high 
I  hear  a  call,  'tis  the  Western  cry  1 

Where  herds   of  buffalo  roamed  the 

plain ; 
But  few  Indian  warriors  yet  remain: 
Great  be  the  glory  of  God's  domain, 
A  paradise  that  ne'er  will  wane. 
Over  the  plains  and  mountains  high 
I  hear  a  call,  'tis  the  Western  cry ! 

The  sun,  unmindful  of  all  her  foes 
As  'round  and  'round  the  earth  she 

goes. 
Gathers  her  jewels  as  she  goes  by. 
And  displays  them  on  the  western  sky. 
Over  the  mountains  and  over  the  hills, 
Come  one  and  all,  ye  Buffalo  Bills ! 
Age  13.  Phyllis  Edith  Fry, 

Pacific  Grove,  Calif. 


My.  Garden 

My.  garden  is  in  flower, 
Like  all  the  rest  in  spring, 
And  in  a  pretty  bower, 
Some  little  birdies  sing. 

The  birdies  sing  so  sweetly, 
I  hear  them  every  day. 
I  do  my  work  quite  neatly. 
And  then  run  off  to  play. 
Age  9.  June  Reidhead, 

Aripine,  Arizona 


Age   13. 


INDIAN    CAMP 
By  Jean  Fisher 


Oxford,   Idaho 


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COPY  BY   MEL,BA   LARSON 
Age   14.  St.    George,    UtaU 

Spring  Flowers 

Among  the  bright  spring  flowers, 
We  romp  the  whole  day  long; 

We  see  the  robin  build  his  nest, 
And  hear  his  merry  song. 

We  pluck  the  brilliant  poppies 
That  bloom  so  bright  and  fair ; 

Such  pretty  little  snow-drops, 
We  find  them  everywhere. 

The  hollyhocks  stan^  boldly 
Like  knights  of  days  gone  by; 

The  blue  flags  waving  banners 
Are  towering  to  the  sky. 

But  now  the  graceful  poppies 

Are  fading  day  by  day ; 
The  blue  flag's  sparkling  banners 

Are  dying,  fast  away. 

They  are  drifting  to  eternity, 
Away  from  care  and  strife; 

Far,  far  up  in  the  heavens 
They'll  live  another  life. 


The  Sea 

Over  the  rolling  waves'  we  go, 
Where  the  seagulls  scream ; 

Over  the  rolling  waves  we  go. 
While  the  sailors    dream. 


reats  ships  dash  by  from  ports  afar, 
Through    the    blue   sea's    dancing 
foam ; 


Age  12. 


Eldon  Barlow, 

Qearfield,  Utah 


Greats 

blue   sea's    dancing 

With  every  throb  of  the  engine's  heart, 
We  are  faster  nearing  home. 

The  helmsman  sings,  as  he  scans  the 
seas, 
For  the  distant  headlands  light. 
He  turns    the    wheel    and    holds    the 
course. 
Through  the  long  and  dreary  night. 

Our  days  are  like  the  ships,  my  dears. 
As  we  journey  on  through  life, 

Some  are  filled  with  sunshine. 
While  others  are  filled  with  strife. 

Then  comes  the  evening  of  life,  my 
dears, 

When  we  care  no  more  to  roam, 
It's  the  gladsome  ray,  of  a  perfect  day, 

That  will  guide  the  wanderer  home. 

A|:e  12.  Elinor  Stuart, 

R.  F.  D.  No.  4,  Box411 
Uintah,  Utah 


The  Buttercup 

I  saw  a  little  buttercup. 

Growing  in  the  grass. 
I  stopped  to  look  at  it. 

It  shone  like  shiny  brass. 

],  thought  I  might  pick  it. 
But  it  ran  away  from  me. 

I  ran  my  best  to  catch  it, 
But  I  fell  and  hurt  my  knee. 

I  knew  it  was  shaped  like  a  cup. 
But  could  not  see  just  how. 

That  little  flower  could  run  so  fast, 
It  had  no  legs,  I'll  vow. 

Age  14.  Raymond  Parris, 

.Arimo,  Idaho 


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Age  13.  Box  107,  Providence,  TJtali 


Spring 

I  know  that  Spring  is  coming, 
I  feel  it  in  the  air. 
The  bees  are  here  a-humming — ■ 
The  wind  blows  through  my  hair. 

The  birds  are  singing  gaily; 
They  fly  from  bush  to  tree; 
They  keep  their  song  up  daily, 
And  sing  so  glad  and  free. 


Age  10. 


Keith  Fuhriman, 

Providence,  Utah 


The  Ant  and  the  Bird 

Once  there  was  a  little  ant  who 
fell  into  some  water.  '  A  bird  was 
sitting  near  in  a  tree,  who  threw  a 
little  leaf  into  the  water.  The  ant 
crawled  upon  the  leaf  and  was 
saved. 

A  few  days  after  a  man  was  QUt 
hunting.  He  saw  the  bird  and  was 
going  to  shoot  her,  but  the  little 
ant  savsr  what  was  going  to  happen. 
So  she  crawled  on  the  man's  foot. 


The  man  jumped  and  the  bird  flew 
away. 

Always    help    those    who    are    in 
need. 

Age  13.  Ervin  Ladner, 

Bay  St.  Louis;, 
Miss. 

Spring 

Spring  has  oome. 
And  winter  has  gone, 
The  bluebird  and  robin, 
Have  brought  the  alarm. 

Birds  are  coming, 
Of  every  kind. 
Bees  gathering  honey, 
From  flowers  they  find. 

Birds  are  flying. 
Through  the  air. 
Making  music 
Everywhere. 
Age  13.  Beth  Cox, 

Boneta,  Utah 

The  Robins 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robin  are  here  again. 
We  hear  their  sweet  refrain; 
They  are  so  cheery  in  the  tree, 
They're  the  very  birds  for  me.        ^ 

Mrs.  Robin  is  making  a  nest. 
Weaving  it  her  very  best ; 
They  always  will*cheerful  be, 
Oh !  They're  the  very  birds  for  me. 

Pretty  soon  the  eggs  you'll  see, 
Very  high  up  in  the  tree; 
They  ■will  very  happy  be, 
They're  the  very  birds  for  me. 

Something  is  peeping  over  the  nest, 
Something  that  Bobby  likes  the  best ; 
Three  baby  birds  in  the  tree, 
Robins  are  the  birds  for  me. 


Age  9. 


Evelyn  Ensign, 

Paradise,  Utah 


UQ^eX) 


'M  tired,"  said  Bobby  ^m  ,  **and 
1  m  as  hungry  as  a  ^ftj^.  •  1 
should  like  a  big  ^^^^of  honey  and 
^  big  ^2i_of  dew  and  to  be  tucked 


up  in  my  little  h^^^^.  I  don't  be- 
lieve we  shall  ever  find  Queen  Bee*s 
'O  yes,  we  shall,**  laughed  Trixie,  and 
she^ caught  Bobby's  X;(and  ran  with  him  to  Mrs.  Tulip's 
%©^  and  there  was  little  Tilly  As^M  in  her 
red     /C  ill,  setting  the  w^    for  a  party.     She  had 


a  pink  silk  table^N-f  .  ,^^       cunning  pink  silk-S~I^^^ 
and  beautiful  red  and    white   and  yellow  "^r^^and 


f'^^^^E  **Will  you  come  to  my  party?*' 
*'We  can't"  said 
her ' ^^^and  we  are  looking  for  it.  Fjave 
you  seen  it  anywhere,  Tillie?"  _^!Not  I,**  said  "w^^  ' 
"Maybe  she  lost  it  out  in  the  ;g|5v:'% .  But  it's  a  long 
way  to  go,  unless  you  have  long  0  D  ."  And  just 
then  they  heard  a  hoarse  voice  behind  them  saying, 
"What's  up?  What's  up?"  and  there  was  old  Mr. 
blinking  at  them  with  his  funny  bright  f^^?© 


f^'^. 


and  his 


under 


"O  Mr.  Toad,"  said 


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Tilly,  "you  have  long,^^^[    Could  you  go  down 


the  :^^^' and  look  for  Queen  Bees-C^b^^  for  us>" 


and  he  tucked  his 


10  be  sure,     said    ^^^^ 
under  his  Ir  and  hopped  with  his  long 
of  tht 


right  out 

j^and  down  the^^j^^^^^"^  'Tilly  was  so 
excited  that  she  hopped  right  after  him  on  her  own 
two  little^y^,,.!  But  Tilly  had__ngver  run  outside 
the 
by. 


rv 


}^^went  flying 
TTie  40' ^=^was  hot  and  the^/^j^were  sharp 


before./  ^ Whizz!  thel 


and  the  dust/ blew  in  her  ^  ^  and  presently  pop, 
she  stubbed  her  ^on  a  Qvand  down  she  went!  **I 
shall  be  run  over!  Save  me!"  she  cried.  Then 
ran  and  picked  her  up  and  dusted  her  off  and 

all   safe,   and 
.      But 


hustled  and   bustled   her   in   the 
away   ran   Tilly    to   finish   setting  her 
up  popped  N^^v       *'I  have  looked  up  and  down 
the  .jj''-'!^^,"   he  said,  "and  Queen 
Bee's  '-^^^  is  not  there.' ^      *'Thank 
you,    Mr.    Toad,"    said  {^M    and 
^^    ,    and  ting,  tang!  away  went 
Mr.  Toad  with  his  _^^^'    *  *  Where 
shall  '    '  ^"       • '  ^^ 


we  look   now?" 


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"The  one  with  its  face  scratched,  and 
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Nize  Baby 

Teacher:  "Who  can  give  me  a  sen- 
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Little  Abie:  "Avaunt  what  avaunt 
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"I  was  shocked  to  hear  that  Peter 
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"He  is,  but  he  doesn't  know  it  yet." 

Did  He  Mean  It? 

"Do  you  think  Professor  Kidder  meant 
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"What?" 

"He  advertised  a  lecture  on  'Fools.' 
I  bought  a  ticket  and  it  said  'Admit 
One.' " 

Nearly  as  Good 

Minister:  "Do  you  forgive  your  ene- 
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Financier:  "Not  exactly  forgive  them, 
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Wife  of  a  noted  professor  in  referring 
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The  Neighbor  (slightly  deaf),  "Too 
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Power  of  Suggestion 

Aunt  Mandy  kept  her  house  spotless, 
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One  day  Sambo  came  home  to  find 
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He  viewed  this  as  something  of  a  calamity 
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done  cautioned  you  time  an'  again  to  let 
dat  Ole  Gold  Dust  stuff  alone — now,  ah 
reckons  you'll  listen  to  me  some  heah- 
aftah." 


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